Eric Hoffer Quotes
The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.
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You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
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Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.
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I can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay.
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Populism is folkish, patriotism is not. One can be a patriot and a cosmopolitan. But a populist is inevitably a nationalist of sorts. Patriotism, too, is less racist than is populism. A patriot will not exclude a person of another nationality from the community where they have lived side by side and whom he has known for many years, but a populist will always remain suspicious of someone who does not seem to belong to his tribe.
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Tiffany is very proud to have the last name and she's proud of her dad.
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I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.
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A great team relies on its leaders and they have to make a difference at key moments.
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I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.
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The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
