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Omnibus
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"Omnibus" Quotes

"Omnibus" by John Steinbeck is a collection of his major works that explores the struggles and resilience of ordinary people in America during the Great Depression.

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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

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A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

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A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.

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I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart.

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Time is the only critic without ambition.

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There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.

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A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

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We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome.

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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

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