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- Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional. John Steinbeck
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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. John Steinbeck Roots , America , Usa
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- When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people. John Steinbeck. Two, People, Changed.
- I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times. John Steinbeck. Littles, Enough, Knows.
- Maybe not having time to think is not having the wish to think. John Steinbeck. Thinking, Wish, Time To Think.
- Only mediocrity escapes criticism. John Steinbeck. Life, Criticism, Mediocrity.
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1. We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ”Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.” 1.1. “In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University(1930) 1. The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. 1.1. “In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition...
Of Mice and Men
1. Well, God knows he don't need any brains to buck barley bags. But don't you try to put nothing over, Milton. I got my eye on you. 1.1. The boss to George in Ch. 2; "buck" here means to work at lifting and throwing the sacks of barley 1. What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways. We don’t want no pants rabbits. 1.1. Ch. 2, p. 20; "pants rabbits" refers to fleas, lice or crabs. 1. "Well, that glove's fulla vaseline." "Vaseline? What the hell for?" "Well, I tell ya what — Curley says h...
The Grapes of Wrath
1. Main article: The Grapes of Wrath 1. For man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. 1.1. Ch. 14 1. How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past? 1. Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.
I can't read ten pages of Steinbeck without throwing up. I couldn't read the proletarian crap that came out in the '30s; again you had sentimentalism — the poor oppressed workers.
Encyclopedic article on John Steinbeckon WikipediaMedia related to John Steinbeckon Wikimedia Commons“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” ― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress
01. “Readers seeking to identify the fictional people and places here described would do better to inspect their own communities and search their own hearts, for this book is about a large part of America today.” John Steinbeck. author. The Winter of Our Discontent. book. awareness. ᐧ. American. ᐧ. self knowledge. concepts. 02.
This lesson will identify and explain some key quotes that refer to the economics of Socialism, Marxism, and/or Communism in John Steinbeck's 1939 novel, ''The Grapes of Wrath.''...
4027 quotes from John Steinbeck: 'I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.', 'And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.', and 'Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.'
