Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
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We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.
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One thing you know, if you've been in technology a while, you're only as good as the last thing you did. No one wants an original iPod. No one wants an iPhone 3GS.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
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Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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I grew up with the idea of the cyborg and the robot, but at the same time I felt this intense disconnection between the things I was engaged with and inspired by in terms of fun and play. It seemed like paintings and drawings were so static.
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So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
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I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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There was no time when I lived anywhere longer than two years. I was always a social outcast. Maybe I didn't care what people thought because I was like, 'Well, I probably won't stick around here for too long.'
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God has given to all things their course and decided how high and how far they may go, not higher, not lower.
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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
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'I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Chênière Caminada; the old sunny fort at Grand Terre. I've been working with a little more comprehension than a machine, and still feeling like a lost soul.'
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
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We all have insecurities, but some of us are better at covering them up.
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We took the position we wanted our people to be better than minimum wage, so we're going to pay better than minimum wage, and we still do that.
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Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.
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'If I Can Dream' is my all-time favorite Elvis song. It was a big record, but not as big as it could have been. It was one of those records where you'd think it sold 10 billion copies, but it didn't.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
