"Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Work Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Men Quotes

“Every time we love, we increase our capacity to be hurt.”
“How can any man be free without a soul of his own, that he believes in and won't sell at any price?”
“If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party, they're contagious and you can catch it from them.”
“Crucifiers of Christ ought to be held in continual subjection.”
“While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be much the best for me. I had no national experience. What I have ever been able to do has been the result of first learning how to do it. I am not gifted with intuition. I need not only hard work but experience to be ready to solve problems. The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage.”
“Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.”
“I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep We together Have made for my manâ€™s gleam A better fate than for the common nights Your eyes in which I travel Have given to signs along the roads A meaning alien to the earth In your eyes who reveal to us Our endless solitude Are no longer what they thought themselves to be You cannot be known Better than I know you.”
“England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.”

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