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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

John Steinbeck

In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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Help Reading Reality Writing
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Appearance Poor Roots
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity

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