John Steinbeck Quotes
Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts - to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of.
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You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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In college, my idea of a productive day was to start writing at 7 A.M. and not leave my chair until dinnertime.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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The kind of cynical politics of divide and conquer, that's shameful stuff, and I don't know - people live their life like that, but I don't know how they look back and feel good about themselves.
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I understood from an early age what being competitive means.
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There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
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I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
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I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
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Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
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In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.
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I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.
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I'm too much of a control freak.
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I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read.
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'Cause maybe you're loveable.Maybe you're my snowflake.And your eyes turn from green to gray.And in the winter I'll hold you in a cold place.And you should never cut your hair,'Cause I love the way you flick it off your shoulder.And you will never knowJust how beautiful you are to me.But maybe I'm just in loveWhen you wake me up.
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Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.