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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

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.
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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent
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
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
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
JOHN STEINBECK

Person Responsibility Space
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling 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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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Confused Government People Tolerance

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