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Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.

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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Dominate Life Smile
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Friendship Oneself Wonderful Word
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Air Hot Show Vote Way
I’ll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
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Myself Secret Story Writing
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
No friendship is an accident.
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Accident Friendship
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Clear Couch
What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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Best Move Picture Round World
What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
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Expectation Ocean World
It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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Greatness Place
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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Adventure Calculate Fate Greatness True
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.
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Advice Benefit Brave Coward Hold Yourself
There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
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Contact Difference Man Privilege
When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
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Beginning Hilarious Man Sorrow
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection

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