Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Aristotle
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
Aeschylus
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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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I and haven’t been unemployed for 20 years. I’m an exception to the rule.
Denzel Washington
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Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I’ve seen on some of the songs that I’ve written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.
David Bowie
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Everything I do is in the gym, so I’m always in gym clothes. I’m excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.
Simone Biles
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There are always people always asking you for something. But I feel like I have a foundation. I have a supporting cast where it doesn’t bother me too much.
LeBron James
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The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control – ‘indoctrination’, we might say – exercised through the mass media.
Noam Chomsky
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