What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
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Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.
ERIC HOFFER Reasons... questions... what they have in common?
- All get finded in the hard way.
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RIP TORN I never want to be an artistic bully, and put myself above anyone else... or be more prestigious tha...
LUPE FIASCO Do what you can do better than anyone else: BE YOURSELF.
LORRIN L. LEE Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does...
DONNA LEON People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think...
FANNIE FLAGG What can anyone give you greater than now,starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?
WILLIAM STAFFORD There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to ...
WALTER REUTHER You are what happiness means to me. And I would rather have today with you than forever with anyone ...
MICHELLE HODKIN We just look at it now that we have another avenue that we have to take. They lost four games, so th...
ERIC ROBINSON You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them.
JEFFREY FRY What are you Barrons?”
“The one who will never let you die, and that’s more, Ms Lane, tha...
KAREN MARIE MONING Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes f...
CRISS JAMI They know more about Columbia than anyone else.
BOB COBLE I can possibly say I have entertained and educated more people than anyone else in the world.
DAVID L. WOLPER They are distractions, but they are distractions for those three individuals more than anyone else. ...
BRUCE ALLEN We have the brain power and the technology. We should fight for those parts that we can do better th...
ECONOMIST KAHAN We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying tha...
JIM MORRISON In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to
say than anyone else...
ANDY ROONEY People who like to control others only do so because they are weak and want to feel good picking on ...
GARY F EVANS... She's as curious, if not more curious than anyone else, probably about this case and what it holds f...
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BROOKE DERR First you have to learn the rules of the game, then you have to know the game better than anyone els...
APURVA GAGLANI What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU I don't know how they could really make mines much safer than they are. What else can they really do...
JAMES COOK When angels go bad they are worse than anyone else. Remember Lucifer used to be an angel.
NEIL GAIMAN I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I kn...
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE Now they have a riddle.
- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of...
JOSEPH HELLER Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of...
ROBERT GRAVES And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyon...
ELENA KAGAN My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!
WAYNE GRETZKY What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life?
GEORGE ELIOT Those guys are good, those guys are great, that's why they went to the colleges they went to. All I ...
MILES AUSTIN Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is...
KATE SMITH Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
E. M. FORSTER Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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ALAN HARVEY What are they going to do for an encore? ... Anyone else they choose is going to pale in comparison.
CHARLES COOK There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD On Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday:
"These two simply apprec...
STANLEY CAVELL There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give so...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT They had their meetings in German until 1942, longer than anyone else.
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ADRIENNE BAILON Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can...
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE Eric: ''What part do you like best?'' Sookie: ''oh your butt'' Eric: ''My...Bottom?'' Sookie: ''yep
CHARLAINE HARRIS I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it�...
ROBIN WILLIAMS I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than...
BARBARA BUSH Eric loves Buffalo. He loves the fans. He loves living there. He's a Buffalo person. But should he g...
HARRY HENDERSON What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where ...
GEORGE ADAMS What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where ...
GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.
GENE MAUCH Perhaps the single most robust fact across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyo...
MARTIN SELIGMAN I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I ...
TAMMY BLANCHARD Your most valuable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone
else.
BRIAN TRACY Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZA No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing. even i...
PAULO COELHO In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame ...
PAULO COELHO There are friendships that are greater than family bonds, but they are very rare
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA These juveniles are capable of success like anybody else. If they find something to read that really...
DENNIS COTTRELL Eric has done a nice job at the point. Derek brings a confidence to his position. I trust those two ...
MATT HURLOCK Each victory with God can bring a reassurance once more that the ones born of God are victorious
SUNDAY ADELAJA The Communicator is a real iconic product for Nokia, but it's a brick. They have persevered with it ...
BEN WOODS You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
LEONARDO DA VINCI I believe that she more consistently than anyone else, has spoken to the issues that are the concern...
DONALD BUCHANAN Chief justices come and go, ... Some are more influential than others because they are greater lawye...
HUGO BLACK The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
WALT DISNEY The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
WALT DISNEY COMPANY They obviously feel that, to emerge from the pack, they need to distinguish themselves by being more...
MERYL STREEP You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.
BO BENNETT Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to...
BRIAN W. ALDISS Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to...
BRIAN ALDISS When you tour you become more intimate with your audience. It's like I need reassurance that the...
STEVE COOGAN That?s what we had to do against them. They were in a zone and they were bigger than we were, so wha...
DICK PRATT The average man's opinions are generally of more value to himself than to anyone else.
SOURCE UNKNOWN I don't think that [children are] any more resilient than anyone else. They're just people with litt...
KIRSTIE ALLEY I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better t...
ASA GRAY I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
THUCYDIDES The raw data of anthropologists can be misleading; it can make the differences in values between cul...
JAMES RACHELS We knew the job better than anyone else.
BOB LUFFY Hell needed horribly bright, self-centered people like Eric. They were much better at being nasty th...
TERRY PRATCHETT “No greater tribute, can one leave than to express the great love they have for their Dad." ~ Tom ...
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN You have to love yourself, before you can love anyone else.
EMILY O'SHEA I'm nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else.
WALLIS SIMPSON DUCHESS OF WINDSOR That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projec...
DAN GERTLER I am so grateful. Eric was very loving, very kind, and what better legacy could Eric have?
MARY MOLNAR They are human beings like everyone else. You have to try your best and sometimes mistakes can happe...
OLASOT Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people...
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Hines brings the strength of their organization. As a developer, they have probably built more high-...
DAN HUNT What is in the pencil is greater than what is around it. The talents in you are greater than the env...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR "The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique."
— Walt Di...
WALT DISNEY You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
UNKNOWN You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
DIANNE FEINSTEIN You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.
RONALD REAGAN We'd rather they be in our footwear than Nike, Reebok, or anyone else. There's no question.
DONNA KARAN There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are b...
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ERIC HOFFER One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ...
ERIC HOFFER Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
ERIC HOFFER We feel free when we escape -- even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
ERIC HOFFER