Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECKSocialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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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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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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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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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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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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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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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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