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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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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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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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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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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I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
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Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.
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Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
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Let's take the nine states that have no income tax and compare them with the nine states with the highest income tax rates in the nation. If you look at the economic metrics over the last decade for both groups, the zero-income-tax-rate states outperform the highest-income-tax-rate states by a fairly sizable amount.
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Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.
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It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
