William Faulkner Quotes
No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
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The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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I booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from part to part at that point.
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Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.
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Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one has ever observed an uncaused cause and simply inventing one merely assumes what the argument wishes to prove.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
