Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThey say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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Haunted by wrong turns and roads not taken, we pursue images perceived as new but whose providence dates to the dim dramas of childhood, which are themselves but ripples of consequence echoing down the generations.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
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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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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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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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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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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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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death.
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
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