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 FAULKNERA man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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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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I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.
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If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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