An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECKBooks are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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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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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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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 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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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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