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Eric Hoffer Quotes

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983

Topics

Almost Most Grievance Poignant

At the end of the day, you're trying to - be it on theatre or on the camera - tell the truth and be honest in the moment.

Truth Moment Day Theatre End Camera

You don't want the office to be a completely relaxing place. You want it to be a vibrant place.

You Place Want Office Relaxing

I like to take credit for the work that I have done.

Work Credit Done Take Like

Americans are very practical folks. Accustomed to hard choices in their own lives, they are willing to give us in intelligence a lot of slack as we make the hard choices our profession demands.

Intelligence Choices Hard Own Us

I come from a blue-collar, Irish Catholic, pro-Kennedy, pro-union family of Democrats.

Family Irish Blue-Collar Democrats

I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way that I conduct myself now in design and business. It had a huge impact on my wanting to do something a bit more than just designing a pretty dress and putting it on a runway and making it glamorous.

Stella McCartney

Business Myself Dress Parents Think

When you can't change what's bothering you, one typical response is to convince yourself that it doesn't actually bother you.

Stephanie Coontz

Change Yourself You Convince Bother

I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do.

Sigourney Weaver

Work New York Find New Difficult

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

Forgiveness God Time Decision Easy

You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians.

God Power You Rebellion See Us

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.

Dmitri Mendeleev

Free Believe Will Spirit Human Open

As you move up a traditional, sort of bureaucratic structure, there's a certain point at which you realize, 'Well, I'm not really on the implementation or execution side - I'm not on the battlefield. I'm an operations person who's overseeing multiple units that are out on the ground doing the job.'

Job Doing You Person Execution Out

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