William Faulkner Quotes
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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Failure is a part of success.
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The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.
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Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone
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You know, without China there is no Wal-Mart and without Wal-Mart there is no middle class and lower class prosperity in the United States.
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Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
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The way I talk is bizarre.
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One thing that really drew me to him the first time I saw him play was his leadership ability within the team.
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There is nothing permanent except change. [Therefore enjoy what good you have while you have it and endure and outlast what bad you can't cure immediately]
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I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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Well I've had a happy life.
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What does it matter whether I am shown to be right! I am right too much!--And he who laughs best today will also laugh last.
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My prophecy is but half his journey yet, For yonder walls, that pertly front your town, Yon towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds, Must kiss their own feet.
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He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
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Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to the human body. In fact, this privilege is the heart of our government. If that heart be weakened, the result is debilitation; if it be stilled, the result is death.
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There's nothing in the world that breeds success like success.
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It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.
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Their virtues lived in their children. The family changed its persons but not its manners, and they continued a blessing to the world from generation to generation.
