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…
WILLIAM FAULKNERHistory is not was, it is.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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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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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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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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If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
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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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He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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