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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.

John Steinbeck

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
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.
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Difficult Experience Life Problem
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Himself Talk
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
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
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
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
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
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
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
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
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
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
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
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
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
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
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
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 through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
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

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