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Try to be better than yourself.

William Faulkner

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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
The past is never dead, it is not even past.
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Dead Even never Not Past
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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Always Fact Interest Poet Really Truth Wrong
Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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Clock Come Life Only Stop Time When
So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Afraid Against Compassion Greed Honesty Injustice Lie never Raise Truth Voice
Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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Book Burn Like Liquior Out Pour
Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Die Do Love Men Women
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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Fortune His Man Sum
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Day Drink Eat Eight Hour Make Man One Shame Thing Work
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Bear Dishonor Injustice Must never Outrage Refuse Shame Some Stop Thing Think Unable Walkways
Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

After Death Destroy Good Nothing Only Thing Writer
Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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Believe Endure Man Merely Prevail
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Before Born Consequence Dead Desire Environment Eternity Heredity History Labor never Past Spun Web
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.
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All Being Country Left Like Love Meddle People Person Snob Time
Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Before Cringe Feminine Like Override Success Woman
You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Could Do Except Just Know Knowmobidy Me Much Not So You

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