As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
WILLIAM FAULKNERLike a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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