I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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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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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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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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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’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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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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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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