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

John Steinbeck

In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
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
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
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
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Change Kind Word Writing
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
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
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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Hate Leaving Life
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching

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