A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
JOHN STEINBECKI find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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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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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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