John Steinbeck Quotes
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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What really matters is what you do with what you have.
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Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.
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I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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That's the reality of my life - I do normal things and then get to go to film festivals and wear borrowed clothes and turn up at premieres and talk about things I am passionate about. But then you click back to normality and your family and friends.
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I have contact with no one involved in the trial.
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Es gibt kein öderes und widrigeres Geschöpf in der Natur als den Menschen, welcher seinem Genius ausgewichen ist und nun nach rechts und nach links, nach rückwärts und überallhin schielt. Man darf einen solchen Menschen zuletzt gar nicht mehr angreifen, denn er ist ganz Außenseite ohne Kern, ein anbrüchiges, gemaltes, aufgebauschtes Gewand.
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For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.
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If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.
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I worked in the book publishing business for nearly two decades before I turned my attention to writing, first with a couple ghostwriting projects, plus a crappy novel that absolutely no one wanted to publish. Then I moved to Luxembourg for my wife's job and found the inspiration for 'The Expats.'
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Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.
