Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECKMen do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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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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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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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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