As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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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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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
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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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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
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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.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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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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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.
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