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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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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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – 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 to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I dont quite know how to explain it but its there. These cant be the only notes in the world, theres got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys. – Marvin Gaye

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I hope to one day co-sign a lease with another person but, well, it doesnt plague me that I have yet to do so. Put it this way: Ive never had to violently tug at my own pillow at 2 A.M. to get myself to stop snoring. – Sloane Crosley

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All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope. – Alexandre Dumas

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It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. – Marion Zimmer Bradley

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I dont return anybodys calls unless its going to mean extra money for me. And Ive completely cut off all relationships with any friends that I had before the show. And Ive copped an attitude. – Mike Judge

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