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Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to a

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. – Eric Hoffer

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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. – Eric Hoffer

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It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned. – Eric Hoffer

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Hope deceives more men than cunning does. – Vauvenargues, Reflections and Maxims, 1746

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Weve got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the worlds greatest hope. – Rick Perry

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I do not at all have the mind of a bully… in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. – Conrad Black

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You probably found How to Survive a Robot Uprising in the humor section. Lets just hope that is where it belongs. – Daniel H. Wilson

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