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Eric Hoffer Quotes

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Change Revolution Think Way Ground

People forget that in early 1970s, there were 3 sushi bars in New York City. Three. Three. Think about that. Now, there is sushi in... I've eaten it - there is sushi at gas stations in Middle America.

New York People City Think America

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Michael Cunningham

Music Language Meaning Rhythm Engage

I get homesick - I could be in the sunniest place, but I need to see normality, and normal, for me, is London.

Me Place London Need See Normal

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

Music Involved Awkward Heavy Lifting

I like to think that my music allows people that cathartic cry.

Music People Think Cry Like

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.

Personality Simple Me Chance Feel

I've 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you're not naive after the first few thousand. I've helped people deal with things that most people can't imagine.

Jordan Peterson

Practice People You First Naive

A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.

Great Bad Worst Review Bad Review

We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.

Men Security Young Open Leave Own

If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.

Me Rest You Go Said Nothing

There are a lot of people who dream of overnight success, of being Brad Pitt getting discovered for 'Thelma and Louise,' but that doesn't always happen. I represent that stick-to-it-ness that it takes to build a career over time, guest spot by guest spot. Looking back from here, I wouldn't have wanted the journey to go any other way.

Success Journey Time People Looking

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.

Arthur Eddington

Army Museum Write British Monkeys

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