Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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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 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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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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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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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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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.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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