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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.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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He drank too much when he could get it, ate too much when it was there, talked too much all the time.
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We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.
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