Quotation by Nunnally Johnson

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Maybe it's like Casey says. A fellow ain't got a soul of his own. Just a little piece of a big soul. The one big soul that belongs to everybody.

Nunnally Johnson

Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977), U.S. screenwriter, and John Ford. Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), The Grapes of Wrath (1940).

Expressing his thoughts to Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) about men's connection to one another. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.

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