Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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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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A man without words is a man without thought.
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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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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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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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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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