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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.

John Steinbeck

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
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
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
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
I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
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
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
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
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
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
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
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

Help Hurt People Poor Trouble

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