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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

John Steinbeck

No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Business Entrepreneur
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Appearance Poor Roots
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Person Responsibility Space
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading
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
And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
JOHN STEINBECK

Circus Equality Women
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECK

Life Marriage Sex
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
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
JOHN STEINBECK

Development Transformation

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