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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.

John Steinbeck

I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Himself Talk
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fools Literature Man
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Person Responsibility Space
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECK

Funny Hell Imagination Travel
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
All great and precious things are lonely.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alone Greatness Lonely
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Lose Love Right
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fight God Philosophy Prayer
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alcohol Taste World
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Business Entrepreneur
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Listening People Story
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Difficult Experience Life Problem

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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