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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

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
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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Goodness Lose Love Right
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
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
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
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 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
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
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
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
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War

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