William Faulkner Quotes
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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Marriage isn't always cupcakes and Jesus juice, but it's important to show each other your marriage is a priority and that you still love them.
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I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.
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So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here.
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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.
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I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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When you do well at an audition, it is the highest high you can achieve because you just beat yourself. You became whatever it was, for a minute. It's a great feeling when that happens.
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I think in some ways, acting and writing are the same. You're getting inside the skin of someone else; you're creating their language and their actions. As a writer, you have to see the whole picture and the structure, and you have to understand every character.
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The nature of men’s responsibilities distanced men from feelings, whereas the nature of women’s responsibilities encouraged the expression of feelings.
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I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.
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The nature of this melancholy becomes clearer, once one asks the question, with whom does the historical writer of historicism actually empathize. The answer is irrefutably with the victor. Those who currently rule are however the heirs of all those who have ever been victorious. Empathy with the victors thus comes to benefit the current rulers every time.
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And suppose that you lived in that forest in France Where the average young person just hasn't a chance To escape from the perilous pants-eating plants! But your pants are safe! You're a fortunate guy. And you ought to be shouting, 'How lucky am I!'
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I was a poet too; but modern taste Is so refined and delicate and chaste, That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms, Without a creamy smoothness has no charms. Thus, all success depending on an ear, And thinking I might purchase it too dear, If sentiment were sacrific'd to sound, And truth cut short to make a period round, I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the morris-dance of verse.
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I hate judgments that only crush and don’t transform.
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I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.
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You men,' she says. 'You durn men.
