William Faulkner Quotes
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
Quotes to Explore
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.
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I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
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A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.
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I'm too much of a big kid.
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I definitely was a big comic collector as a kid.
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I think one of the reasons 'Gremlins' lasts and some other films don't is because I don't think the movie has a whole lot of dated things - sure, the cars, my hair, and few things here and there that date the movie - but it takes place in a sort of everytown, in a sorta non-specific time, and that gives the movie a timeless quality.
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Write a story a great writer would write. Because part of becoming an artist is pushing through all the disbelief of those around you, deciding that you are a writer when you have no idea what a plot is or whether what you've written is any good, or anything.
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It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.
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I never go to Vancouver without stopping by Thomas Haas' shop for the best chocolate in North America. A former chef patissier at Daniel, he returned to his hometown and created a top quality brand by sticking to his passion.
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People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
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At pivotal moments throughout history, there have always been grey areas, and there likely will be in the future. Courage now lies not in the black and white, as in the past, but in the grey.
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Over the years, I've learnt how to strike a balance between both my lives and give quality time to my passion as well as to my family. Yes, it is tiring at times, and every working woman goes through the phase.
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Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.
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Having been selected to be an author in the World Book, I now believe that Wikipedia is a perfectly fine source for your information, because I know what the quality control is for real encyclopedias - they let me in.
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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.
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The building itself is hostile: cracked plaster, broken windows, splintered doors and carved up desks, gloomy corridors, metal stairways, dingy cafeteria (they can eat sitting down only in 20 minute shifts) and an auditorium which has no windows. It does have murals, however, depicting mute, muscular harvesters, faded and immobilized under a mustard sun. That's where we had assembly this morning.
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Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.
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If you're quiet, and you don't speak out, you're never going to get anything accomplished.
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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
