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Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetr

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. – 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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Eric Hoffer
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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a mans spirit than when we win his heart. – Eric Hoffer

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power
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The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – Eric Hoffer

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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. – Benjamin Disraeli

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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. – Theodore Bikel

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I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but Im not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, whats been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character. – Nicole Kidman

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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. – John Quincy Adams

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