People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
JOHN STEINBECKYou’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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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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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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