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I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there's always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.
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It is assumed that anyone who makes a million dollars has a unique gift, though he might have made it off some useless gadget.
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I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are.
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Read, read read. Read everything.
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