Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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During the first few months of an infant’s life, its manner of taking the breast, of laying its head on the pillow, etc., becomes crystallized into imperative habits. This is why education must begin in the cradle.
Jean Piaget
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For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Hunter S. Thompson
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It is right to give every man his due.
Plato
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Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other ‘studies’ was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these ‘studies’ are about propaganda rather than serious education.
Thomas Sowell
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Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America this country works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty. She understands that we must raise the minimum wage to a living wage.
Bernie Sanders
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I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.
Lord Byron
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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.
Zachary Taylor
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My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it’s as if I’m singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
Yanni
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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
Walter Scott
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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