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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

John Steinbeck

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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling Yourself
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
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.
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Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

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