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A man without words is a man without thought.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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California
John Ernst Steinbeck
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John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
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Sir, this is a unique dog. He does not live by tooth or fang. He respects the right of cats to be cats although he doesn't admire them. He turns his steps rather than disturb an earnest caterpillar. His greatest fear is that someone will point out a rabbit and suggest that he chase it. This is a dog of peace and tranquility.
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I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books are kept.
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The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and out, he'd manage to hide a few little sins somewhere for his own discomfort. They're the last things we'll give up.
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A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. --John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson
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We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.
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There are some times...when the love for people is strong and warm like a sorrow.
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Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.
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He learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
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Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we never hear of them. Such a life doesn't demand attention. Only the people who get the good or bad runs.
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We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.
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Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught.
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Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.
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A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.
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for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them.
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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
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Trips to fairly unknown regions should be made twice once to make mistakes and once to correct them.
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In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration.
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