John Steinbeck Quotes
When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet, the victim must first find himself a good and sufficient reason for going.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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The underdog winning is the romantic position.
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It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And 'Top Gear's really the easiest thing to do because I'm with my pals. It's like coming home with my friends. We're having so much fun making the show.
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When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn't seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset.
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Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You're good enough, you are too good. Love your family with all your heart and listen to it.
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Weather in Afghanistan, 2000 degrees and cloudy. What the fuck am I doing? I'm stuck on the weather channel. AHHH!
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It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.
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I'm no one's pet, and I intend to be an independent voice in the U.S. Senate.
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One cannot fail to observe a crushing irony: the gospel of relativistic tolerance is perhaps the most “evangelistic” movement in Western culture at the moment, demanding assent and brooking no rivals.
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When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet, the victim must first find himself a good and sufficient reason for going.
