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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.

John Steinbeck

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
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 like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People 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
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
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
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
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
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
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
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
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
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
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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Help Reading Reality Writing
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
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
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Company Greatness

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