The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIf 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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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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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
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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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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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History is not was, it is.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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