It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
JOHN STEINBECKI believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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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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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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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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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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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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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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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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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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