Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Winston Churchill
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Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today’s headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the sports sections.
Condoleezza Rice
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Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
John Lennon
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Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
Simon Sinek
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There’s an ecstatic side to writing. It’s like jazz. It just has a life.
Alice Walker
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I’ve never written a song in my life. It’s all a big hoax.
Elvis Presley
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It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute… that gives meaning to our lives.
Tony Robbins
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I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he’s written poetry then let the verdict be that he’s a poet.
Leonard Cohen
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I never thought about getting any tattoos removed.
Henry Rollins
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