I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
JOHN STEINBECKDon’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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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 great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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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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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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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.
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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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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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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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