John Steinbeck Quotes
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
John Steinbeck
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
Takeru Kobayashi
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I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night.
Harlan Coben
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Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.
Baruch Spinoza
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People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
Waris Ahluwalia
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In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.
Ian Goldin
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
Action Bronson
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If you like to bake with eggs, you can substitute Ener-G egg replacer, bananas, tofu, or many other ingredients. You get the hang of it quickly enough.
Ingrid Newkirk
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You can't take the New York out of the girl. It's like a little country girl coming to the big city.
Randee Heller
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A president, like a college freshman, can't know in advance which questions he'll have to answer or what topics he'll have to master. He has to be flexible, supple, and responsive. He has to be comfortable with multiple-choice.
Walter Kirn
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Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The Bible is read to you.
Abel Ferrara
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The sucker’s trap is when you focus on what you know and what others don’t know, rather than the reverse.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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They have put political correctness above common sense, above your safety, and above all else. I refuse to be politically correct.
Donald Trump
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Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.
Albert Warren "Tillie" Tillinghast
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We have each had the experience of others reacting to us; often there seems to be no logic to it. But in fact, people do pick up on our subtle energy, and even if they can't see it or put it into words, they feel it and, subliminally, they know. They vote yes, no or maybe according to the qualities and strength of the energy we project.
Stuart Wilde
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Perhaps we as a culture have so emphasized the sexual dimension of maleness and femaleness that we have lost sight of the power of friendship
Andrew Comiskey
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
John Steinbeck
