Eric Hoffer Quotes

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

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• You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.

  

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• So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'

  

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• I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.

  

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• It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'

  

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• There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

  

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• Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

  

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• It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.

  

  Barbara Amiel
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• I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Wish
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• I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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• It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.

  

  Eddie Rickenbacker
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• Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
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• I don't think good and evil are polarized.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Good
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• You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
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• I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!

  

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• We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.

  

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• A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

  

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• Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.

  

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• It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.

  

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• Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.

  

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• Let us, on both sides, lay aside all arrogance. Let us not, on either side, claim that we have already discovered the truth. Let us seek it together as something which is known to neither of us. For then only may we seek it, lovingly and tranquilly, if there be no bold presumption that it is already discovered and possessed.

  

  Saint Augustine
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• Real freedom lies in wildness, not civilization.

  

  Charles Lindbergh
  • Real
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• Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

  

  Herodotus
  • Goal
  • Victory
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• Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

  

  Eric Hoffer
  • Power
  • True
  • Lies