If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
JOHN STEINBECKI 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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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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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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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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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