It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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A man without words is a man without thought.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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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I 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.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
JOHN STEINBECK