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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.

Jack London

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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Death Existence Fear Life Mercy Misunderstood
The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Art Conquer Greatness Man
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Card Deep Goodness Hands Hard Time Hold Inspirational Life Perspective Play Poor
The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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Beautiful Inspirational Motivational Start Story
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Law Obedience Oppression Strong Weakness
If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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Fame Money Popular
She was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.
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Avoid Close Desire Dog Fire Herself Man Thrill
You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
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Alone Death Food Hustle Legs Man Sunrise Walk Yourself
Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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Age Measurement Old Youth
A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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Better Goodness Joke Measurement Poem Quick
Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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Man Poet Writing
Life, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
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Goodness Himself Life Live Survive
Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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Possession Pursuit Unity
The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
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Himself Lingering Sleep Wild Wolf
I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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Age Drink Myself Time
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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Dedication Inspirational Wait Yourself

And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.

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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.

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