I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
JOHN STEINBECKThe free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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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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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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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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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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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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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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How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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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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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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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