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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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More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. – Eric Hoffer

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The fear of becoming a has-been keeps some people from becoming anything. – Eric Hoffer

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I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am. – Steve Yzerman

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We are all here to be a service to those who cant be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human. – Dionne Warwick

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There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope. – Gerard Way

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In an election, one needs both hope and audacity. – Francois Hollande

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