Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECKIt is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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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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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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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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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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