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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.

John Steinbeck

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
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
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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Help Reading Reality Writing
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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See Truth Writing
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely

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