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

John Steinbeck

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
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
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Corruption Fear Loss Power
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
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
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
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
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Experience Government Hate Nation
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
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
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military

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