Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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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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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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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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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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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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