William Faulkner

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible."	Dreams, Failure, Sleeping
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."	Dreams, Knowledge, Sleeping
"Business is always interfering with pleasure, but it makes other pleasures possible."	Sin
"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail."	Lies, Men
"If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs."	Evil
"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."	Failure, Happiness, Joy
"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, Not because they never found it, But because they didn't stop to enjoy it."	Happiness, Joy
"Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing."	Ability, Age, Intelligence
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."	Success
"We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job."	Miscellaneous

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