In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECKMan is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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