William Faulkner Quotes
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I'm very content.
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Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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I'd call my music rock but with pop hooks.
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We can ask ourselves why we invent God, and then, ten minutes later, we invent Satan - why? Because we need him; there's something fascinating about the other side of the coin.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
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America's got amazing presentation, especially New York - the most potent, strongest, concentrated, amazing presentation.
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I think my body went through a lot, went through the wringer. In terms of being inside the ring, getting hit, but also outside the ring, living a crazy life.
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If I don't go to the gym for a week, I just get thinner and thinner.
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The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics, so people have to go to the hospital for every health care need.
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I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute.'
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I never did anything dishonest.
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Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.
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Lewis Black taught me stand-up.
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People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.
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Through the craziness, yoga classes allow me a safe space to breathe and put energy into myself.
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I got my computer. The great thing about the computer is that you only need enough money to buy a computer and some food, and you're all right. I don't have to go to premières.
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It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished.
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You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime write 200 short stories. You've got to learn how to write!
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.
