Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If we have an atom that is in an excited state and so is going to emit a photon, we cannot say when it will emit the photon. It has a certain amplitude to emit the photon at any time, and we can predict only a probability for emission; we cannot predict the future exactly.
Richard P. Feynman
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I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Carl Jung
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Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great.
Marianne Williamson
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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Alexander Hamilton
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I’ve spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I’m an academic. Being an academic means I don’t wield power over person, place or thing. I don’t command armies; I don’t lead labor unions. All I have is the power of thought.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
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Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.
Elvis Presley
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