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John Steinbeck

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
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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Hate Leaving Life
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
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
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
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
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
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
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help World Yourself
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth

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