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Time is the only critic without ambition.

John Steinbeck

With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
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.
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Book Himself Talk
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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Appearance Poor Roots
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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Death Failure Love Men Talent
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Brain Weapons
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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Last Listening Myself Rule Story
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself

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