Time is the only critic without ambition.
JOHN STEINBECKOut of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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A man without words is a man without thought.
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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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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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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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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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