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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.

John Steinbeck

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Life Marriage Sex
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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Change Hide Men
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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Pain Secret
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Change Deep People Philosophy
People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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People Yourself
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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Anger Growth People Soul
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
JOHN STEINBECK

Conversion Men World
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
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

Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Kind Word Writing
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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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
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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Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom

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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