War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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You get born and you try this and you don’t know why, only you keep on trying it and you are born at the same time with a lot of other people.
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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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Try to be better than yourself.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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