"The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity."

-- Eric Hoffer

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“The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.”
“If I ever get the chance to do a football movie, that would be a dream come true.”
“When you take the bull by the horns...what happens is a toss-up.”

Source : William Pett Ridge (1912). “Love at Paddington”
“I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.”
“I think that the whole stigma of the name may still burn deep with some of the Native people, but there are some that it doesn't bother. They actually think it brings enlightenment to the contributions that the Native Americans had in the establishment of our country, but I haven't come up with an idea. I'm not saying the name "Redskins" wasn't derogatory, but the actual changing the name to the Washington Redskins was an honorary move.”
“I detest symbolic protest, as it is an outcry of weak, middle-of-the-road, liberal eunuchs. If an individual feels strongly enough about something to do something about it, then he shouldn't prostitute himself by doing something symbolic. He should get out and do something real.”

Source : "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, Chapter Two: "Electronics, Sabotage, and Surveillance", p. 62, 1971.
“We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies, we want that we will be able to live in an entirely different environment of relations with our enemies.”

Source : "Ehud Olmert: a Profile in Leadership" by Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2006.

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