Eric Hoffer Quotes
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates - which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing. Today you are looking at the Taliban or ISIS; tomorrow you might be looking at another name.
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A few honest men are better than numbers.
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Have you seen that show on Lifetime about that woman...?
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I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Oregonians expect the state to prioritize the health and well-being of them and their families.
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Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.
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Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one.
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Sunday morning, he decided, is designed to let sinners have a sample of the first day of eternity in hell.
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If you have not noticed, we are preparing for war. I’m sorry if that inconveniences you.
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'Perhaps I was expecting too much.''Perhaps. We’re all waiting as fast as we can.'
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No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.
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The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So the good proclaim along with the good.
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Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.
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ACORN, you may recall, is the left-wing activist group with longtime ties to community organizer-turned-President Barack Obama. The nonprofit, which now takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers after four decades on the public teat, has a history of engaging in voter fraud, corporate shakedowns, partisan bullying and pro-illegal immigration lobbying. The Democrats' stimulus proposals could make the group - and its lesser known but even more radical ideological allies - eligible for upward of $5 billion in new public cash.
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It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
