William Faulkner Quotes
There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality.
Quotes to Explore
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
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Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.
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My dad dated a lot of supermodels.
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Girls run the world.
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To be honest, I've been a passionate advocate for the value of tech to help us connect to people in real and emotional ways - and stick up for myself when people say, 'Sklar! Stop tweeting!'
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President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing.
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I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
Contrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.
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One healthy thing I'd like for players to know, whether they're active or former, is you likely can't replicate the thrill of playing before 100,000 people and big hits and making that much money. We can get ourselves into trouble trying to.
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Everyone wants instant gratification: you have to have everything your parents had right away.
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There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality.
