No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECKSocialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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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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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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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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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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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.
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