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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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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. – Eric Hoffer

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Change
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Eric Hoffer
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Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. – Eric Hoffer

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Conformity & Nonconformity
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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power
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Eric Hoffer
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Knowledge
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This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding. – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Knowledge

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates

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Knowledge

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. – Jesse Ventura

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Knowledge

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. – Roland Barthes

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Knowledge

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He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. – Kingsley Amis

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As a parent and a citizen, Ill take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobss example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. – Eric Alterman

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Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone. – Anna Held

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alone

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses. – Mitt Romney

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Money