William Faulkner Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.
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I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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One ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female.
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I was very proud to be at 'The Wall Street Journal'. I have nothing bad to say about it. I had a great run there. In what turned out to be the final years of my tenure there, 'AllThingsD' occupied me more and more and was much more fun.
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The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.
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I'm not sure if a mental relation with a woman doesn't make it impossible to love her. To know the mind of a woman is to end in hating her. Love means the pre-cognitive flow...it is the honest state before the apple.
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Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.
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Love doesn't die; the men and women do.
