An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECKOnly mediocrity escapes criticism.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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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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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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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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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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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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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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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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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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