Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECKA man without words is a man without thought.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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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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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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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 wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
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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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Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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