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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.

John Steinbeck

And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Circus Equality Women
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.
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Difficult Experience Life Problem
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
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
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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Death Sad Story Writing
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
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
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power

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