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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

John Steinbeck

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
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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Death Failure Love Men Talent
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Destroy Fighting Freedom Government Greatness Limitation Religion
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Lonely People World
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
A man without words is a man without thought.
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Life Men Word
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
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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Death Sad Story Writing
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself

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