Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
Robert E. Lee
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I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.
Audrey Hepburn
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Most rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, for people who can’t read.
Frank Zappa
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The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
Thomas Carlyle
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I used to write random little stupid things when I was five, but then the first song I really wrote was one called ‘Fingers Crossed,’ which is on SoundCloud.
Billie Eilish
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There isn’t anybody that looks like me without clothes on.
Marilyn Monroe
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Michel de Montaigne
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But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.
Kanye West
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