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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.

John Steinbeck

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 STEINBECK

Book Himself Talk
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fight God Philosophy Prayer
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
JOHN STEINBECK

Giving Sick Simple
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
JOHN STEINBECK

Experience Government Hate Nation
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
JOHN STEINBECK

Born Lost Myself
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
JOHN STEINBECK

Darkness Grief Light Loss
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ignorance Men Stupidity
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ideas Thinking Yourself
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Empathy Feeling People Understand
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Circus Equality Women
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Children Men

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