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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1681 |
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AUTHOR:
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Eric Hoffer (1902–83) |
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QUOTATION:
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The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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ERIC HOFFER, “Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: ‘Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely,’” The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 1971, p. 52. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Self-importance |
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