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John Steinbeck

I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Lonely People World
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
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
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
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
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing

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