William Faulkner Quotes
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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No man may make another free.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
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Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels.
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The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.
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Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power.
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Small steps taken by many people in their backyards add up.
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She clung to that which had robbed her, as people do.
