A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes … - William Faulkner

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Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance. ' So they let him operate.

William Faulkner

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

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. . . how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.

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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

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Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.

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All this and heaven too.

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Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

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Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

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Bill Shorten

I've spent my whole working life standing up for workers. Didn't matter if it was the two trapped miners at Beaconsfield or professional netballers or indeed factory workers or construction workers.

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Paul Douglas