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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

John Steinbeck

American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECK

Life Marriage Sex
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
JOHN STEINBECK

Feet Horse Men Spiritual
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Difficult Experience Life Problem
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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See Truth Writing
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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Anger Children Men
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Fight God Philosophy Prayer
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECK

Impossible Reading
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
A man without words is a man without thought.
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Life Men Word
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World

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