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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.

William Faulkner

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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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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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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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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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Civilization begins with distillation
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
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Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.
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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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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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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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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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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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The poets are almost always wrong about the facts… That’s because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth…
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