All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
JOHN STEINBECKMany a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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