Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward you in gracious, outgoing love, and you move toward others in that same outgoing love.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.
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Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.
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If you can do something great in 60 seconds, you can do anything, really.
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Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'Ulysses.' When I asked for permission to use the text, I was refused, which was disappointing.
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I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and unafraid; and build in the world a culture led by black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty, ignorance and disease!
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We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
