William Faulkner Quotes
I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing. If you cant think of any other way to surprise them, give them a bust in the jaw.
Quotes to Explore
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I am confident that, as elected officials, we can work together with religious, business and civic leaders, as well as the LGBT community, to develop policies that treat all people with dignity and respect.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments I don't particularly know how to play, and then I become excited.
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To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.'
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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When in doubt, do it.
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I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home.
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My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget.
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I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.
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There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.
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Be yourself. You're okay. And it really doesn't matter what other people think.
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I don't want to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: "Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going to be.
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Music is everybody's possession.
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I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.
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I thought I could surprise those guys and open up a margin and steal the race.
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Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.
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I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing. If you cant think of any other way to surprise them, give them a bust in the jaw.
