Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
Edmund Burke
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A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.
Tom Brady
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Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four, I must have read a whole library.
Charles Bukowski
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.
Elvis Presley
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One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.
Joseph Campbell
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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
Jackie Robinson
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In Beverly Hills… they don’t throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.
Woody Allen
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People who don’t know the true character of God – who don’t believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger – can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.
Joyce Meyer
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I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that’s it. The lifestyle doesn’t change.
Douglas Adams
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