Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
WILLIAM FAULKNERAnd sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Try to be better than yourself.
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A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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Whatever its symbol – cross or crescent or whatever – that symbol is man’s reminder of his duty inside the human race.
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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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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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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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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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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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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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Read, read read. Read everything.
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