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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.

John Steinbeck

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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Himself Listening People Story
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
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
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
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Advice Business Entrepreneur
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
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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
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
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
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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See Truth Writing
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
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 that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
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
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation

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