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Show me the man who isn't interested in discussing himself.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic.
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Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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And their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels.
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Best thing is to get the words down every day. And it is time to start now.
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Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living.
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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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If you are in love-that's a good thing-that's about the best thing that can happen to anyone.
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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.
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Failure is a state of mind. It's like one of those sand traps an ant lion digs. You keep sliding back. Takes one hell of a jump to get out of it.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.
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We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.
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I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.
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I think I love you, Cal. -Abra I'm not good. -Cal Because you're not good. -Abra
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