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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.
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Just as our bread, mixed and baked, packaged and sold without benefit of accident or human frailty, is uniformly good and uniformly tasteless, so will our speech become one speech.
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Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed and erupted on them until they were ready to be turned. A cheerful brown, they were, with tracings of darker brown. And the kitchen was full of the good sweet smell of them.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.
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The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath.
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As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.
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In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.
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Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there.
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Must the hunger become anger and the anger fury before anything will be done?
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I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.
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Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'll on'y be one.
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