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The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with other

The beginning of thought is in disagreement — not only with others but also with ourselves. – Eric Hoffer

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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. – Eric Hoffer

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The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches. – Eric Hoffer

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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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I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or the woman is an outlaw. No woman could be Nietzsche or Rimbaud without ending up in a whorehouse or lobotomized. – Andrea Dworkin

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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. – Sigmund Freud

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Assent — and you are sane — , demur — youre straightway dangerous — , and handled with a Chain — . – Emily Dickinson

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