Time is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECKPeople like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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