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Quote by Eric Hoffer
Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause,

Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a plot and a pattern in the development of his life story — a story that is basically without meaning or pattern. – Eric Hoffer

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

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. – Eric Hoffer

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Under the Earth I go,
On the oak leaf I stand.
I ride on the filly
That was never foaled,
And I carry the dead in my hand. – Anon.

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The story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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Writing a story allows us to play with our imaginary friends when we are adults. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter winds. We do something very similar to protect our minds through the practice of meditation. – Eknath Easwaran

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I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids. – Steven Spielberg

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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. – Les Brown

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