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I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.

John Steinbeck

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Growth Inspirational Struggle Worth
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECK

Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War
Time is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
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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Death Failure Love Men Talent
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
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
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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Difficult Experience Life Problem
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
Men 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.
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Change Hide Men
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
JOHN STEINBECK

Development Transformation

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