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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER
WILLIAM FAULKNER
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William Faulkner154 quotes“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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William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner 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.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner Wonder. Go on and wonder.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
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