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Quote by John Steinbeck

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does....

Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does....

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas...

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...

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

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

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

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's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if...

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.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past...

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past...

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to...

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to...

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...

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

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

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and...

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and...

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.

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided...