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I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

John Steinbeck

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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Salinas
California
John Ernst Steinbeck
Jr.
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
Steinbeck
Thinking
Dog
Rescue
Seen
Amazed
Eyes
Nuts
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Contempt
Look
Dogs
Poodles
Humans
Basically
Canine
Looks
Quickly
Vanishing
Think
Convinced
Puppy

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