Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
Lord Byron
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
Mike Tyson
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If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.
Thomas Carlyle
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I think a law clerk told me about this tumblr and also explained to me what Notorious RBG was a parody on. And now my grandchildren love it, and I try to keep abreast of the latest that’s on the tumblr.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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We could definitely make a flying car – but that’s not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that’s super safe and quiet? Because if it’s a howler, you’re going to make people very unhappy.
Elon Musk
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Everything makes me nervous – except making films.
Elizabeth Taylor
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The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
Hedy Lamarr
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