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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.

John Steinbeck

The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help World Yourself
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
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
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
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Funny Hell Imagination Travel
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading
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
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
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
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

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