Eric Hoffer's Quote - It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation th

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It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. – Eric Hoffer

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Intolerance is the Do Not Touch sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness. – Eric Hoffer

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Tolerance

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Man was natures mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. – Eric Hoffer

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Nature

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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

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Space

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