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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.

John Steinbeck

All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
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
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
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
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
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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Hate Leaving Life
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
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
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

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