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If anybody asks me what I have accomplished, I will say all I have accomplished is that I have written a few good sentences.

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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
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Anybody
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Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.
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The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities.
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Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something to which we attach the self that is about to be annihilated?
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The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.
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