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Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.

Eric Hoffer

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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
Philosopher
Psychologist
Writer
New York City
New York
Chance
Manifests
Matter
Chronic
Even
Dissatisfaction
Something
Wholly
Originality
Strikingly
Idle
Untalented
Discover
Tinkering
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