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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.

William Faulkner

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Ever Kno Mean Men More Possibly Women Wor
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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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Advice Even Fool Good Inability Know Make Now Own Take What
The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
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Civilization begins with distillation
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Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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Better Bother Contemporaries Predecessor Try Yourself
She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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Book Burn Like Liquior Out Pour
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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Battle Breath Conquer Ever Fought Give Moment Remember Spend Time Try Won
Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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Avoid Been Dangerm Fight Every Except Men Pracfist Reason Sun Under
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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Admire Advice Artist Beat Believe Enough Good Matter Much Nobody Supreme
The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Best Fiction Journalism More True
Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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Before Cringe Feminine Like Override Success Woman
Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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Family Memory Most Our Sweet Treasure
Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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Honest Then Unless Ashamed Yourself
The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Despair Field Folly Fool Illusion Man Own Philosopher Reveal Victory
Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Dead Life Long Prepare Process Time
No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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Ancestor Blindly Cling Grief Man More No One Value Vice
People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Frustration Little Need People Sharpen Spirit Toughen Trouble
War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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Buy Drink Man never Poor Thing Two War
I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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All Desire Give Hope Mausoleum
The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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Dead Even never Not Past
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Always Can Do Dream Higher Know Shoot You
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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Any Experience Imagination Lack Need Observation One Other Supply Thing Three Time Two Writer
Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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Bear Dishonor Injustice Must never Outrage Refuse Shame Some Stop Thing Think Unable Walkways

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