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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.

William Faulkner

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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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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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Honest Then Unless Ashamed Yourself
The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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Anyone Next Seduce Talk Time Try With Word
I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try until it comes right.
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Come Himself Infinite Man Must Patience Posses Right Self Teach Think Training Try Young
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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Try to be better than yourself.
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Be Beter To Try Yourself
Civilization begins with distillation
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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For God Hell
It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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Began Now Over See Tomorrow Until Yesterday
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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Hate Least Me Now She
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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