William Faulkner Quotes
Any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.
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I know what it’s like to miss someone. To feel like you’re just…wandering around, lost.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
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Any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man.
