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We are under no illusions. It won't happen quickly. It's not about blame or guilt. It's about identifying who's doing things and who's not.


Eric Rofes

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ERIC HOFFER SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense
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ERIC HOFFER The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the b...
ERIC HOFFER The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do un...
ERIC HOFFER Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
ERIC HOFFER Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like ...
ERIC HOFFER