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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

John Steinbeck

I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
JOHN STEINBECK

Born Lost Myself
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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Difficult Experience Life Problem
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
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
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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Help Reading Reality Writing
If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Life Marriage Sex
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
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
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
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

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