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Eric Hoffer Quotes: When people are free to do as they please they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced and partakes of the nature of a protest.
         

When people are free to do as they please they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced and partakes of the nature of a protest.


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When people are free to do as they please they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced and partakes of the nature of a protest.
         



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