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The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
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The only rule I have is to quit while it’s still hot. Never write yourself out. Always quit when it’s going good. Then it’s easier to take it up again. If you exhaust yourself, then you’ll get into a dead spell and you’ll have trouble with it.
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