William Faulkner Quotes
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Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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I respect the astute and rigorously unsentimental David Horowitz as one of America's most original and courageous political analysts. He has the true 1960s spirit - audacious and irreverent, yet passionately engaged and committed to social change.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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I'm not interested in celebrity.
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I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
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Children have to be provided a nurturing environment to grow. Sadly, in India we don't have a robust mental health programme for children. There is also a lack of accountability in the public system.
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The new 'Joy' was needed for a number of reasons. Recent developments in nutrition and new ingredients were two of the major reasons for the revision. One of the other big reasons was America's new love for big flavors. Yay!
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.
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Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.
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I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.
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The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.
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I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.
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What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation. I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
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To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.
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A lot of the time, the British press make me ashamed and embarrassed to be British. They give others the impression that the British are selfish, envious and bitter people, which is simply not true in my opinion. I think that British people in general are really nice and friendly.
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Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.
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Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind before: Thine eye shall be instructed; and thine heart Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.
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I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.
