Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECKYou’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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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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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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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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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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