Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If one plays good music, people don’t listen and if one plays bad music people don’t talk.
Oscar Wilde
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Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the ’90s.
Noam Chomsky
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All morality consists in a system of rules, and the essence of all morality is to be sought for in the respect which the individual acquires for these rules.
Jean Piaget
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
Fidel Castro
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Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.
Michelle Obama
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I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.
Clint Eastwood
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I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.
Maya Angelou
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I want to be as big as I can be. I want to be one of the biggest artists. I want to be remembered like, ‘He is crazy. He is phenomenal.’ I just want to be one of the biggest.
Lil Uzi Vert
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I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.
Alice Walker
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