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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.


William Faulkner

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WILLIAM FAULKNER Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
WILLIAM FAULKNER ...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his o...
WILLIAM FAULKNER If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
WILLIAM FAULKNER And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or wom...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Did you ever have a sister? did you?
WILLIAM FAULKNER Caddy smelled like trees.
WILLIAM FAULKNER a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got...
WILLIAM FAULKNER In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are ...
WILLIAM FAULKNER They're shining examples of being active in the community and active for small-forest landowners. Th...
BOB FAULKNER We were focused against Shelton. We obviously came ready to play. I thought the key to the game was ...
BOB FAULKNER Against Mercy we played with no intensity. It was not a good effort. We appeared sluggish, but Mercy...
BOB FAULKNER We want to improve every match; to learn from every match, to be consistent and the number one goal ...
BOB FAULKNER One of the things that made Epic strong when I wrote the original code was that it never occurred to...
JUDITH FAULKNER When the sky is clear, there will be eight Reindeer But when you can't see the sky, then Rudolph wil...
IRENE FAULKNER Clients now can store all types of files as attachments to their email and use our web-based email p...
CHRISTOPHER FAULKNER I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, no...
JUDITH FAULKNER All I knew is that I had to stay with her (Hall). She's taller than me but I felt I kept up with her...
ANNESIA FAULKNER The Simon-Williamson clinic is our priority today. The next step is preparing to accept the business...
CHARLIE FAULKNER I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches ...
CRAIG FAULKNER It's great to see Anderson really step up. He throws strikes and is sneaky fast and hits his spots.
CRAIG FAULKNER We played the way Venice High is supposed to play. Even if we would have lost tonight, I still would...
CRAIG FAULKNER Everybody comes to play in the big games and we knew it wasn't going to be easy. They came back and ...
ANNESIA FAULKNER We had struggled with free throws all season long, so the last couple of days in practice that's wha...
ANNESIA FAULKNER I'm really excited because these are my first wins (at state). I kind of expected the 200 IM, but I ...
AMANDA FAULKNER We didn't know it until we got up there (on the medal stand).
AMANDA FAULKNER