If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
JOHN STEINBECKHow can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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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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All great and precious things are lonely.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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