John Steinbeck Quotes
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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I'm a real romantic.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life.
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I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse.
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My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
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I'm not one of those people who is not looking forward to getting old. I'm happy with my life.
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I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes. It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's going to help the image of the league at all. ... It kind of makes it fake. The whole thing is fake.
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I can't wait to take my son to see 'Wonder Woman' - I can't wait to show him all the female characters can be well-rounded people.
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
