Eric Hoffer Quotes
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.
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I think that men's clothing should be functional. If there's a rip in his jeans, it should be because he was out working, not because he ripped them so they looked cool. It's even better if they're ripped because he got in a fight.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
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I was in 'Goodwin Games,' which was canceled, and a few other things, so I kind of swore off television unless I was writing or producing it.
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Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and that's very exciting. Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else.
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My greatest gift in life was being dyslexic. It made me special. It made me different. If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports.
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Hope is the poor man's bread.
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When I had to bury my child, I probably didn't start grieving until a year and a half later.
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My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.
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Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his dark profession an affront to his fellow actors.
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In the future, women will increasingly want men who can nurture them and connect with them.
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Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
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This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to make sure you're taking care of yourself, keeping yourself grounded and not letting every little thing get you worked up.
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Altered social conditions may remove certain ailments and deformities in existing society. But the new and more beautiful society will not be formed exclusively - or even mainly - by improved conditions, but above all by more perfect human beings.
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My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.
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True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.
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Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.
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Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
