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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

John Steinbeck

And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
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
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
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
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
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
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

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