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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

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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Change Hide Men
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Fight God Philosophy Prayer
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
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.
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Book Himself Talk
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
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
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
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
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
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Change Deep People Philosophy
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
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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Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
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
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time

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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