It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
JOHN STEINBECK
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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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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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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