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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

John Steinbeck

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
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
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Change Deep People Philosophy
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Person Responsibility Space
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 craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
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
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
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
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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Himself Listening People Story
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
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
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

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

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