Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECKAmerican married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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.
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Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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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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I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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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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