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A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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Screenwriter
War Correspondent
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Salinas
California
John Ernst Steinbeck
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John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there.
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