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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

John Steinbeck

People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
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
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Hide Men
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Business Entrepreneur
A man without words is a man without thought.
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Life Men Word
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
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
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Kind Love Understand
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Deep Yourself
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Lose Love Right
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
JOHN STEINBECK

Destroy Fighting Freedom Government Greatness Limitation Religion

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