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There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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War Correspondent
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Salinas
California
John Ernst Steinbeck
Jr.
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
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it was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.
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Must the hunger become anger and the anger fury before anything will be done?
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