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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.

John Steinbeck

American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Life Marriage Sex
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
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
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
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Circus Equality Women
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
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
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
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Destroy Fighting Freedom Government Greatness Limitation Religion
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
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
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand

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