William Faulkner Quotes
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.
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The difference between us is that we're using missile defense to protect our civilians and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.
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All those angry, uneducated Trump supporters seemed to understand what his policies were. They figured it out by listening to him. It was only fair. No one listened to Trump, except the voters; and no one listened to the voters, except Trump.
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I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.
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We account for one-sixth of the forces of gravity we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most of the effective gravity in the universe. Something is making stuff move that is not anything we have ever touched.
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I think the greatest of people in society carved niches that represented the unique expression of their combinations of talents, and if everyone had the luxury of expressing the unique combinations of talents in this world, our society would be transformed overnight.
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There's no substitute for experiencing ups and downs - seeing how it's okay that things are overwhelming or broken sometimes and how companies recover from mistakes.
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I hate the Chinese government. If you do not want to embrace North Korean defectors in your country, I understand. But we have a country where we can seek asylum. So please, let us freely pass through. Why are you doing your best to try and catch defectors?
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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
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The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented. It's that socialism has been faithfully implemented.
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The neighboring tribes are becoming daily less warlike, and more helpless and dependent on us … They have, in a great measure, ceased to be an object of terror, and have become that of commiseration.
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Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real.
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Whenever I'm sad I just imagine if babies were born with mustaches.
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Modern education develops the intellect and imparts skills, but does not promote qualities in any way.
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I think mischievous people always there, ... Some kind of perfect world, that is impossible. Accept that reality. (For) those people who have genuine concern about humanity, make some effort-better than none.
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I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.
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The food in south India is the food that I really love because it reminds me of home.
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I am compelled, because of my faith, to have compassion for the weak and vulnerable in our midst.
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When, from the top of any high hill, one looks round the country, and sees the multitude of regularly distributed spires, one not only ceases to wonder that order and religion are maintained, but one is astonished that any such thing as disaffection or irreligion should prevail.
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I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
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Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.
