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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

Eric Hoffer

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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Achievement Future Greatness Leaving Life People Reason Yourself
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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Children Man Misery Mom Old Woman Young
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Death Deep Future Terrorism
Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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Beginning Confidence Hate Heart Life Lost Way
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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Action Age Human Invention Language Man Talk
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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Frustration Greatness Oneself Philosophy Satisfaction Wisdom
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Age Busy Learning Ourselves Teaching Time Young
Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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Philosophy Yourself
Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Country Education Nation Present

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