Eric Hoffer Quotes

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

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• Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.

  

  Earl Browder
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• The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
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• In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!

  

  Maeve Binchy
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• I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
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• Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.

  

  Camilla Luddington
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• The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
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• I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
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• There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.

  

  Mahmoud Abbas
  • World
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• I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with a big charge of poetry on a daily basis. I feel we've kind of lost that here in Europe.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • People
  • World
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• Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

  

  Ian Anderson
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• Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Life
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• A lot of recent comic book adaptations have gone two ways: either they're striving for some kind of realism, like 'Iron Man' or 'The Dark Knight,' or they're very stylised and gritty, like 'Sin City' and '300.'

  

  Edgar Wright
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• George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.

  

  Ed Rendell
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• When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.

  

  Samantha Mumba
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• Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
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• In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people.

  

  Panayiotis Zavos
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• There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.

  

  Adam Lambert
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• My children are grown now, they are more independent.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
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• I enjoy fashion and taking the effort to present myself well, and I'm glad that a lot of people refer to me as a 'Hijabster'. I'm not the greatest fan of the term, but I think girls everywhere should be confident in their own skin and be inspired to look and feel good inside and out.

  

  Yuna
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• We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.

  

  Daniel Kahneman
  • High
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  • Action

• Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why.

  

  Max von Sydow
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• I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.

  

  Dan Hicks
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• When I'm on the court, I picture myself as like a gladiator.

  

  Tyson Chandler
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• When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

  

  Eric Hoffer
  • Strong
  • Fashion