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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

John Steinbeck

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
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
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
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
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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Goodness Lose Love Right
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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See Truth Writing
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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Change Hide Men
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
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
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War

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