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To be alive at all is to have scars.

John Steinbeck

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
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
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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Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
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
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
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
A man without words is a man without thought.
JOHN STEINBECK

Life Men Word
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECK

Impossible Reading
To be alive at all is to have scars.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alive Scars
I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Himself Talk
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Difficult Experience Life Problem
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
JOHN STEINBECK

Mistake Ourselves Shine

To be alive at all is to have scars.

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