The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECKOnly through immitation do we develop toward originality.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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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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