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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

John Steinbeck

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECK

Escape Life
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling Yourself
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading
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
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
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
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
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
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
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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Goodness Lose Love Right

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