Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
Simone Biles
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Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
Thomas Aquinas
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I believe one should work hard to get what you want.
Imran Tahir
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The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
Jean de la Bruyere
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.
Marcus Garvey
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If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Clint Eastwood
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We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That’s life. And it’s part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.
Michael Bloomberg
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Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.
Soren Kierkegaard
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I realized the other day that I’ve lived in New York longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. It’s amazing: I am a New Yorker. It’s strange; I never thought I would be.
David Bowie
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