You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECKA sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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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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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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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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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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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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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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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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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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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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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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