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.
JOHN STEINBECKYou can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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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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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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