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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

John Steinbeck

In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
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
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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.
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Confused Government People Tolerance
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
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
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
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.
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Circus Equality Women
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
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Change Deep People Philosophy
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
A man without words is a man without thought.
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Life Men Word

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