And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECKPeople like you to be something, preferably what they are.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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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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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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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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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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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
JOHN STEINBECK