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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.

John Steinbeck

Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Lonely People World
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
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
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
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
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
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
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
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
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
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

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