William Faulkner Quotes
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.
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When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
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From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.
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Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.
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I'm exceptionally email un-savvy, so to reply to my emails is like a torture. It's like literally, half of all my emails, I get my secretary to type out for me. And the personal ones, I avoid and just pick up the phone and call them.
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I'm really sick of anthems. Every song has to be a very big singalong thing - it feels very Eighties. There are a lot of 'whoah whoa whoahs,' this stadium thing. You're even getting that from some of the 'folk' groups. I can't stand it.
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Be involved; be informed. Try to be understanding and tolerant and to appreciate diversity.
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Everybody's entitled to their own experience.
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Among the masked dandies of Edwardian comedy, Max Beerbohm is the most happily armored by a deep and almost innocent love of himself as a work of art.
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It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.
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A hairdresser holds a trusted place in a woman's life.
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I think that's my nature, to want to bring people together rather than to try to bombard them into agreement.
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I tell ya, I knew my morning wasn't going right. When I put on my shirt the button fell off, when I picked up my briefcase, the handle fell off, I tell ya, I was afraid to go to the bathroom.
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Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
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I don't think there are too many traditional media guys who really understood what the new digital media is about.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
