It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECKIt is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
JOHN STEINBECK