An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECKIn poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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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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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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A man without words is a man without thought.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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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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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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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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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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Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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