• Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting.

  Eric Hoffer
  American writer 1902-1983
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. self-forgetting
2. whispered
3. beckoned
4. reason
5. pulled
6. shoved

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Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting. by : Eric Hoffer

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