Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!
Pope Francis
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It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide.
Jane Goodall
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George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Mark Twain
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Old Newtonian physics claimed that things have an objective reality separate from our perception of them. Quantum physics, and particularly Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, reveal that, as our perception of an object changes, the object itself literally changes.
Marianne Williamson
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Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
Michelle Obama
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Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.
Richard M. Nixon
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Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
Henry Ford
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Samuel Johnson
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One thing rap and rock have in common, a lot of it is focused on negativity. I like dark stuff.
Lil Uzi Vert
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Henry David Thoreau
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