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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Eric Hoffer

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
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
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
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Death Judgement Kind Kindness Motive Ourselves
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Freedom Harm Intellectual Privilege Reputation
The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.
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Country Government High Intellectual Power Production
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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Creation Desire Inspirational Motivational Opportunities Talent Wisdom
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
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
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
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
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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Difference Doubt Fight Freedom Oppression Power Pride
The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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Deep Equality Expose Meaning Ourselves Passion Perspective
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Brand Faith Listening Need Person Professional Religion Tolerance

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