Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.
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There was a series called 'Game of Thrones' which was very popular here in the United States, a post-Tolkien kind of thing. It was garbage, yet very addictive garbage - because there's lots of violence, all the women take their clothes off all the time, and it's kind of fun.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.
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I feel curious about every situation I'm in.
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My dream is to have a bed of my own in Los Angeles and one in Sweden.
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'I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear. The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.' - Pat Robertson, speaking about an upcoming 'mass killing,' on The 700 Club January 2, 2007
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There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.
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I would give ten years off the beginning of my life to see, only once, Tyrannosaurus rex come rearing up from the elms of Central Park, a Morgan police horse screaming in its jaws. We can never have enough of nature.
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The dualistic philosophy reigned supreme in Europe, dominating the development of Western science. But with the advent of atomic physics, findings based on demonstrable experiment were seen to negate the dualistic theory, and the trend of thought since then has been back to the monistic conception of the ancient Taoists.
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The greatest threat to the war on terrorism isn't the Islamic insurgency - our military can handle the savages. It's traitorous liberals trying to lose the war at home.
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What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.
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So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.
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If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
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I don't think I ever feel sexy. I don't think that's for me to decide, if I'm sexy or not.
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I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.
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Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
