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Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

~John Steinbeck

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The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

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Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

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It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

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We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

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No one wants advice - only corroboration.

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I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.

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So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda.

~John Steinbeck

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 27th, 1902

Died: December 20th, 1968

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