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If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don’t deserve to survive, and probably won’t.

William Faulkner

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Because Practice Claim Free Freedom
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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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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Everything Raed
Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Bad Classic Do Everything Good How Read Trash
The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Best Fiction Journalism More True
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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Day Fire Man Misfortune One Sum Them Think
Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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Cam Do Not What You
The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.
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Already Being Earth Homemade Human Last Launch Next Quarrel Sound Try Two Worthless
People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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Just Matter People Salvation Sin Too Whom Word
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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Always Artist Behind Final Important Importantly Irrevocable Leave Man Mortal Oblivion Pass Possible Since Someday Something Through Wall
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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Accept Brave Deserve Earn Enough Fail Find Match Only She Somebody Try Twice
Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
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Hate Least Me Now She
Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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Error Learn Mistake Own People Teach Yourself
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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Between Choice Choose Experience Given Nothing Pain Path
Whatever its symbol – cross or crescent or whatever – that symbol is man’s reminder of his duty inside the human race.
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Cross Duty Human Inside Race Reminder Scent Symbol Whatever
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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Against Alaska Anywhere Color Equality Living Race Snow Today World
Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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Honest Then Unless Ashamed Yourself
The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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Artist Dream Match never Perfection Start With Work
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
And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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Enough Even Just Long Sure Wait Will
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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Always Better Contemporaries Do Dream Higher Know Predecessor Shoot Try Yourself
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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All Base Dream Fail Failure Impossible Match Perfection Rate Us
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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Afraid Against Compassion Greed Honesty Lie never Raise Truth
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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Aim Artificial Artist Every Fix Hold Hundred Later Life Look Motion Stranger Year
Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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Clock Come Life Only Stop Time When
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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Know never Read Something Think Written

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