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 STEINBECKAnd now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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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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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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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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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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