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John Steinbeck

All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
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
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
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
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
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
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
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
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
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
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
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
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
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection

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