Time is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECKAll great and precious things are lonely.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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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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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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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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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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