Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Albert Einstein
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Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that.
Kevin Hart
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In ‘Healing the Soul of America,’ I wrote about Gandhi’s notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth.
Marianne Williamson
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The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.
Helen Keller
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I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.
Nelson Mandela
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
H. L. Mencken
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson
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You’re not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you’re voting for an agenda. You’re voting for a platform. You’re voting for a political philosophy.
Colin Powell
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The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.
Vladimir Lenin
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I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.
John Wayne
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