It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECKI wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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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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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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