William Faulkner Quotes
What's wrong with this world is, it's not finished yet. It is not completed to that point where man can put his final signature to the job and say, "It is finished. We made it, and it works.
Quotes to Explore
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The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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I grew up in New York.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
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My children are grown now, they are more independent.
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Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
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I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'
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The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.
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I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.
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I really trust the authenticity of real people and my job is to get them to be themselves in front of the camera. Often what happens is, you'll get a newcomer in front of the camera and they'll freeze up or they imitate actors or other performances that they've admired and so they stop becoming themselves. And so my job as the director is just to always return them to what I first saw in them, which was simply an uncensored human being.
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In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.
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I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.
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When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is you're given.
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Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.
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What's wrong with this world is, it's not finished yet. It is not completed to that point where man can put his final signature to the job and say, "It is finished. We made it, and it works.
