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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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John Ernst Steinbeck
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John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
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You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.
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