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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

John Steinbeck

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Growth People Soul
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Lonely People World
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Sad Story Writing
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Life Marriage Sex
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
JOHN STEINBECK

Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
JOHN STEINBECK

Giving Sick Simple
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent

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