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Communists are frustrated capitalists.

Eric Hoffer

Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success
Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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Atheist God Image Imitation Invention Man
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Belief Devil God Rise
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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Deep Faith Lost Wisdom
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Doubt Humility Life Practice Selfish Worth
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
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
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
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Best Education Fate Forget Freedom Gift Hands Mad Myself Nation Surrender Willing World
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity

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