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.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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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How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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