And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECKI wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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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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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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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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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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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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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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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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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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