It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
JOHN STEINBECKOnly mediocrity escapes criticism.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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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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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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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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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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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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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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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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