Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
WILLIAM FAULKNERPeople need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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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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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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I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
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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 salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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