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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck

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 shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
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
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
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
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Children Men
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading

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