I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
JOHN STEINBECKI am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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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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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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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.
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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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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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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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