Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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All my books are optimistic!
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bigg Boss' if I get to co-host it with Salman Khan.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you're doing, know that you can do it better than anyone.
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Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.
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Where 'Dragon Quest Monsters' originated from was 'Dragon Quest V,' where you had a monster befriending system as a main part: you could actually befriend monsters and have them fight on behalf of your party, as part of your party.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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I was a serious poet for quite a while and had little notebooks filled with poetry.
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I started making remixes for every specific girl I wanted to date. That's how I learned how to use Pro Tools, and then I started making my own music.
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It's the community that helps form our moral compass. It's those attitudes that I've remembered through my entire lifetime.
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I’d be happy to be the person that said, “Right. We all die,” And then everybody dies. And I die. I’d be well happy. That’d please me. Man’s made too many mistakes and the majority don’t deserve to be alive because they’ve fucked it up so much for everybody else. So I’d like to see them pay the price, and I’d be happy to go with them.
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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.
