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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

There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alcohol Taste World
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
JOHN STEINBECK

Illusion Religion Socialism
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
JOHN STEINBECK

Feet Horse Men Spiritual
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Person Responsibility Space
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
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
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Lonely People World
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Darkness Grief Light Loss
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Deep Yourself
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help Hurt People Poor Trouble

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

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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.

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