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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.

John Steinbeck

And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
JOHN STEINBECK

Paper Whole Writing
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
JOHN STEINBECK

Development Transformation
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Sad Story Writing
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
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ignorance Men Stupidity
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
JOHN STEINBECK

Deep Season Summer Winter
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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