Cities Quote by John Steinbeck

“Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.”

John Steinbeck

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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…

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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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