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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.

John Steinbeck

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Change Kind Word Writing
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
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
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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
A man without words is a man without thought.
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Life Men Word
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Advice Business Entrepreneur

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