Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
Francis of Assisi
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I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.
Dolly Parton
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Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Early on, when I was quite young and going from job to job, I was foolish enough to sometimes speak to my fellow workers: ‘Hey, the boss can come in here at any moment and lay all of us off, just like that, don’t you realize that?’ They would just look at me. I was posing something that they didn’t want to enter their minds.
Charles Bukowski
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When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.
Condoleezza Rice
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I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.
Fidel Castro
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I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.
Robin Williams
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The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.
Denis Waitley
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Become aware of your own insufficiency.
Jordan Peterson
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It’s very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.
Elon Musk
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