If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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 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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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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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Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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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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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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