The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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I 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.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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