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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.

John Steinbeck

I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Animal Failure Men War
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
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
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
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
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
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Family Parents
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
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading

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