Quote by Eric Hoffer
Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what w

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. – 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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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. – Eric Hoffer

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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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Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts or undergo the humiliation of public speaking, usually on remote Midwestern campuses. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. – Jean Cocteau

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Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. – Charles Baudelaire

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Innovators are inevitably controversial. – Eva Le Gallienne

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