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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One must not fear truth, because it is a friend of man and of his freedom
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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Landscape affects you.
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I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.
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Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.
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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.