Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECKWith all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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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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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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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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