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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.

John Steinbeck

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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Difficult Experience Life Problem
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Life Marriage Sex
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
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
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
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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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Hate Leaving Life
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
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 like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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Book Himself Talk
The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Help World Yourself
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
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
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See

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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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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