William Faulkner Quotes
They will endure. They are better than we are. Stronger than we are. Their vices are vices aped from white men or that white men and bondage have taught them: improvidence and intemperance and evasion-not laziness: evasion: of what white men had set them to, not for their aggrandizement or even comfort but his own.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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In college, my idea of a productive day was to start writing at 7 A.M. and not leave my chair until dinnertime.
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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I want to be a major force.
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I lie, I cheat, and I steal.
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I'm neither Democrat nor Republican.
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Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.
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Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.
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I'm a very mellow person. There are things about me that are intense, obviously.
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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
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The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken the steps needed for American beef to make its way back into the Japanese market.
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Fame without the money to insulate you from it is one of the most wretched human conditions possible. (p. 80)
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Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.
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Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.
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Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
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They will endure. They are better than we are. Stronger than we are. Their vices are vices aped from white men or that white men and bondage have taught them: improvidence and intemperance and evasion-not laziness: evasion: of what white men had set them to, not for their aggrandizement or even comfort but his own.
