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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.

John Steinbeck

Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Advice Business Entrepreneur
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Appearance Poor Roots
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Sad Story Writing
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
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
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 craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
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
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
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
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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Confused Government People Tolerance
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity

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