I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

Quote by John Steinbeck

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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps...

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy,...

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that...

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that...

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

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

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the...

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is...

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The Main thing is...

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

The American girl makes a servant of her husband and then finds him contemptible for...

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you...

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet...

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change,...

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is...

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not...

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not...

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking...

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking...

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last