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The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#derive #doing #favors #feeling #gives

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#down #element #later #laying #malice

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#nationalist #other #pride #self-respect #substitute

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#fire #free #free speech #means #right

I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#day #depends #filming #great #great day

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#almost #before #cake #editing #film

Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles. ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#cannot #circles #escape #how #matter

It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot. ↗

— Ted Hughes

#each #feather #foot #hold #i

The Food Network and the Cooking Channel have so many viewers. And, because there's no violence, some of that audience is children. So, I think we have a responsibility to educate parents how to produce healthy meals for their families. ↗

— Robert Irvine

#because #channel #children #cooking #educate