Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Quote by William Faulkner

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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to...

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to...

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books... Perhaps it could not live anywhere...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books... Perhaps it could not live anywhere...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself...

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself...

Another love gone wrong, another heart to shatter, welcome to reality, where feelings don't matter.

Another love gone wrong, another heart to shatter, welcome to reality, where feelings don't matter.

When something feels right, that means it is right for you. Pay attention to your...

When something feels right, that means it is right for you. Pay attention to your...

President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does...

President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does...