William Faulkner Quotes
This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward.
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Ever since I've been young I've been fascinated by the human body. I've written songs about it, but you can become quite morbid if you think about it too much - paranoid and a hypochondriac.
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The young are going to be the messengers of this continued strengthening of the diversity in America.
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I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.
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American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.
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I like southern girls. They talk so slow that by the time they say no, I made it already.
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You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.
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There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel.
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The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.
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The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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If the truth of religious doctrines is dependent on an inner experience that bears witness to the truth, what is one to make of the many people who do not have that experience?
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With throbbing veins and burning skin, eyes wild and heavy, thoughts hurried and disordered, he felt as though the light were a reproach, and shrunk involuntarily from the day as if he were some foul and hideous thing.
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Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.
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Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain. It's a little frightening to think that every time you walk away from an encounter, your brain has been altered, sometimes permanently.
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It's got to do with the contention between content and form. Invariably that's what's responsible for its energies, its tensions, its being interesting or not.
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What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.
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How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.” ― How Many, How Much by Shel Silverstein “Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
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This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward.
