Mind Quote by John Steinbeck

“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.”

John Steinbeck

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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not…

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Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.

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“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.”

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“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little bigness. No. I believe when you come to that responsibility - that hugeness - you are alone to make your choice. On one side you have warmth and companionship and sweet understanding, and on the other…

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“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole…

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“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”…

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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

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At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out…

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I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,…

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“Who in his mind has not probe the dark water?”

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Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the…

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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.

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Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the…

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“Not that it matters, when you dream, there's no outside or in. Your mind is an unimaginable bloom. A willow catkin as big as the moon. With billions of anthers, shaking pollen like stars. It may seem strange, but in this boundless place --- You are not alone.”

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I'm not here trying to convince anybody to vote for Donald Trump. I think every Christian needs to make up his own mind about…

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Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

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This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

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Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and…

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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