"The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity."

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Source : Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

Eric Hoffer

#Vanity Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Selfishness Quotes

“We were such a part of everybody's life in the Second World War. We represented something overseas and at home - a sort of security.”
“Jessica Pearson isn't a unicorn. She's not a mythological creature. She's an example of so many women out there that are ruling their part of the world and doing an incredible job.”
“If a pot can multiply. One day Nasrudin lent his cooking pots to a neighbour, who was giving a feast. The neighbour returned them, together with one extra one â€“ a very tiny pot. 'What is this?' asked Nasrudin. 'According to law, I have given you the offspring of your property which was born when the pots were in my care,' said the joker. Shortly afterwards Nasrudin borrowed his neighbour's pots, but did not return them. The man came round to get them back. 'Alas!' said Nasrudin, 'they are dead. We have established, have we not, that pots are mortal?'.”
“Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.”
“I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.”
“He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and children on the face of the globe.”

Source : 1834 Letter to Lady Grey,19 Nov.
“There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.”
“Jackson and I spent the day together, just me and him and his children. Little underlings came and went. The PR person came and went. It was just Michael and me and the kids. And it was very interesting.”

Source : "Geraldo Defends his Jacko Interview". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. February 11, 2005.

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