William Faulkner Quotes
I do not rewrite unless I am absolutely sure that I can express the material better if I do rewrite it.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
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It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago. With spirituality comes morals, a better way of thinking.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.
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Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.
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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
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I love entertaining people, and I want to pursue it.
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He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.
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After President Obama's election in 2008, there was a widespread hope that it would mark an end to unseemly partisan nastiness.
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I do not rewrite unless I am absolutely sure that I can express the material better if I do rewrite it.
