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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

John Steinbeck

The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help World Yourself
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECK

Funny Hell Imagination Travel
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Lose Love Right
To be alive at all is to have scars.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alive Scars
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Listening People Story
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Last Listening Myself Rule Story
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
JOHN STEINBECK

Conversion Men World
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
JOHN STEINBECK

Dog Human Thinking
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
JOHN STEINBECK

Confused Government People Tolerance
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help Reading Reality Writing

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