Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
JOHN STEINBECKNo one wants advice – only corroboration.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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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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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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