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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

John Steinbeck

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
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help Reading Reality Writing
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Fight God Philosophy Prayer
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
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Feet Horse Men Spiritual
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
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
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
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Deep Yourself

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