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I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#am #cameras #everything #hate #i

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#fingers #i #letter #long #long time

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. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#army #ball games #banners #despair #field

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#came #childish #day #deep #did

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#doing #even #hold #illusion #important

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? ↗

— John Steinbeck

#approaching #barrier #customs #feel #guilt

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#book writing #business #horse #horse racing #like

But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#california #growing #growing up #hockey #knew

Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#agents #athletes #cameron #ever #few

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#athlete #authorities #chances #even #forty