And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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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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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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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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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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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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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