If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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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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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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 free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Time is the only critic without ambition.
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