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.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIf people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green…
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But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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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 salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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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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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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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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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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