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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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It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. – Eric Hoffer

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Immigration
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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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Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice. – Jesse Ventura

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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge. – Nate Silver

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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training. – Harrison Salisbury

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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. – Socrates

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The public blabbers about preventive medicine, but will neither appreciate nor pay for it. You get paid for what you cure. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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All know the way; few actually walk it. – Bodhidharma

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So much of a professional athletes success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with… always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad. – Brett Favre

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