The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECKI have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching 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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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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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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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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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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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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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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