Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
Neil Armstrong
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The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
Arthur Ashe
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The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do.
Denis Waitley
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Thomas Carlyle
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Anybody can be specific and obvious. That’s always been the easy way. It’s not that it’s so difficult to be unspecific and less obvious; it’s just that there’s nothing, absolutely nothing, to be specific and obvious about.
Bob Dylan
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Hillary Clinton essentially offers a third Obama term. And the role is perfect for her. She championed ‘Obamacare’ because years earlier she had all but invented it.
Mike Pence
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I don’t do heavy weights at all.
Maria Sharapova
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mahatma Gandhi
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It’s impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you’re gonna offend people.
Rush Limbaugh
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