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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing t

A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. – Eric Hoffer

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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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Innovation
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Eric Hoffer
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Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. – Eric Hoffer

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Exaggeration
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Eric Hoffer
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. – Eric Hoffer

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Cowardice/Weakness
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Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. – Elie Wiesel

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Future

You never know what the future brings. – Randy Jackson

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Future

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. – Mary Pickford

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Future

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. – Simone Weil

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My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you see. Love is something you feel. – Sharon Tate

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Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know. – Richard Dawkins

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Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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