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Quote by Eric Hoffer
The fear of becoming a has-been keeps some people from becoming an

The fear of becoming a has-been keeps some people from becoming anything. – 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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Dissent
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When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. – Eric Hoffer

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In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. – Elinor Wylie

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Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. – George Washington Carver

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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. Thats the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! – George S. Patton

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I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear… that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. – Harold Kushner

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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. – Florence Nightingale

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You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words. – Nigel Rees

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The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise. – Cathy Guisewite

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You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story. – Anthony De Mello

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