William Faulkner Quotes
The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of no use.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.
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I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.
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The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.
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You step over the threshold of your parents' home, and you're instantly transported back to your childhood. It's like time travel. You revert at once to a place of arrested development.
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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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It must be so hard trying to figure yourself out in this industry. Justin Bieber has hit rock-bottom with everyone watching him; that is just so tough.
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When we wrapped 'Angel,' I definitely had a moment where I thought, 'Wow, that was the best job I'm ever gonna have.'
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I'm not good at the protocols of dating. laughs I'm not really experienced in that. My girlfriend is my second or third girlfriend. I think in the past none of us really knew when we were 'dating'-we were just hanging out and doing things. I didn't go to high school so I missed the prom.
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'We choose our lovers for their flaws, you know,' Mel said. 'People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about.'
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Make no mistake about it. I don't want a man in here to go back home thinking otherwise; we are going to win.
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Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people. I know where it comes from when someone is trying to suppress someone else, sometimes they fight back.
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At the base, it's about a man from America who doesn't quite fit in, with the comedy that entails. Everyone can relate to that, when things are lost in translation.
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The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of no use.
