The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECKAn answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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All great and precious things are lonely.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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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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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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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