Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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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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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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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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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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