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John Steinbeck on Veterans Day

1902–1968 United States

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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

"It is so easy a thing to give—only great men have the courage and courtesy and, yes, the generosity to receive."

Burning Bright (1950)

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Steinbeck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.