In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECKTeaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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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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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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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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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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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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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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