Eric Hoffer Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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I was talking to Marylanders... What we were hearing, everywhere, was an overwhelming sense of frustration. People felt a huge disconnect between Annapolis and the rest of Maryland.
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I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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Action expresses priorities.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair.
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The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.
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I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.
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Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another.
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I want to thank my momma for pulling up. I want to thank my boys who was with me since day one; thank you for pulling up on me.
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I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.
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It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
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Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too.
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There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of.
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I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all.
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The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
