If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
JOHN STEINBECKPower does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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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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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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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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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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