Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECKIt is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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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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