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John Steinbeck

And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Circus Equality Women
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
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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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Darkness Grief Light Loss
I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
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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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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Himself Listening People Story
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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Appearance Poor Roots
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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Confused Government People Tolerance
The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Art Word Writing

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