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Got a lot of sinful ideas. But they seem kinda sensible.

By John Steinbeck
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.

By John Steinbeck
American cities are like badger holes ringed with trash

By John Steinbeck
After the bare requisites of living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone, or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who scribbles on a wall to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.

By John Steinbeck
If you're in trouble, or hurt or need -- go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help -- the only ones.

By John Steinbeck
I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.

By John Steinbeck