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Quote by Eric Hoffer
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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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. – Eric Hoffer

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To know a persons religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. – Eric Hoffer

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We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. – Eric Hoffer

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Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible. – Alan Dundes

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There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. – Mitchell Reiss

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Depression is the inability to construct a future. – Rollo May

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We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future. – King Hussein I

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