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

John Steinbeck

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
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
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
All great and precious things are lonely.
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Alone Greatness Lonely
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
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
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
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
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
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.
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Change Hide Men
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
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
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Appearance Poor Roots
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World

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

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