William Faulkner Quotes
The necessity of the idea creates its own style. The material itself dictates how it should be written.
Quotes to Explore
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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The world is too violent right now.
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All religions have been made by men.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.
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Everyone around me was super-cool and laid back and skinny and tan and volleyball-y, and I was just this neurotic kid who was singing 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.
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Men are visual creatures.
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I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
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Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.
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I'd like to think we can make a nice, glowing change to British dressing.
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The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.
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You start singing by singing what you hear. So everyone, when they first start singing, they naturally are singing like whatever they're hearing, because that's the only way you learned how to sing. So when I was growing up on Lauryn Hill, when I started singing her songs, I literally trained my voice to be able to do runs.
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The necessity of the idea creates its own style. The material itself dictates how it should be written.
