John Steinbeck Quotes
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
Quotes to Explore
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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Being in this business and surviving day-to-day can be a constant struggle. It's about learning how to be your own super hero, put on your own cape, and be a well-rounded individual.
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I am ever with those who practice Kriya Yoga. I will guide you to the
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For here Am I sitting in a tin can, Far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, And there's nothing I can do.
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The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
