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

Eric Hoffer

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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Ideas Leadership Play Quality World
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
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Faith Hate Man People Yourself
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
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
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
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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Adult Difference Growth
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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Difficult Empty Force Wisdom
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
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
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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Build Empty Evil Greatness Hard Hide Ourselves Philosophy Pretend Ugly

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

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