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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.

John Steinbeck

Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling Yourself
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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Death Failure Love Men Talent
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Feet Horse Men Spiritual
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
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
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
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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Himself Listening People Story
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.

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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.

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