Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It’s a very confusing era that we’re in.
Clint Eastwood
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Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Thomas Carlyle
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
Mao Zedong
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Civilization is the making of civil persons.
John Ruskin
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Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‘I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.’ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‘Yes, I deserve it.’
Maya Angelou
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I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.
Billy Graham
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Being in ballet class, being on the stage, being surrounded by my peers at American Ballet Theater every day, keeps me so humble and grounded. Being in ballet class, I feel, is like this meditation for me every morning.
Misty Copeland
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Everybody has an opportunity in America. I don’t care if guys whine and complain about this or that. You know, no country affords its inhabitants the opportunities that the U.S.A. gives to its people.
Bobby Knight
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