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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.

John Steinbeck

Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Lonely People World
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECK

Escape Life
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Circus Equality Women
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Company Greatness
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
JOHN STEINBECK

Appearance Poor Roots
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Kind Word Writing
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
JOHN STEINBECK

Pain Secret
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Human Literature Men
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Growth People Soul

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