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Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

William Faulkner

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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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Can Happy Must Suffer Will
A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
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Any Experience Imagination Lack Need Observation One Other Supply Thing Three Time Two Writer
If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don’t deserve to survive, and probably won’t.
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Children Color Country Culture Desperate Matter Murder Probably Reach Reason Survive
The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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Artist Dream Match never Perfection Start With Work
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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Believe Capable Compassion Endurance Endure Man Merely Prevail Sacrifice Spirit
The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Despair Field Folly Fool Illusion Man Own Philosopher Reveal Victory
They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
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Chronic Deceive Himself Liar Lie Only Practical Quickest Say Selfconvicted Veracity
If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
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All Change Do Earth If Over People World
Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
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Artist Endurance Fortitude Gutter Happy Hole Learn Live Need Rat Vegetable
Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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Afraid Be Help Scared
But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
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Beck Call Cent Dammed Every Invest Itinerant Postage Propose Resignation Scoundrel Sir Stamp Two
Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Dead Life Long Prepare Process Time
No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Battle Ever Fool Illusion No Philosopher Victory Won
Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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Build Draft First House Strong Wind Write
I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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All Desire Give Hope Mausoleum
People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Frustration Little Need People Sharpen Spirit Toughen Trouble

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