Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important.
Noam Chomsky
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This country is being managed to death, being public related to death.
Kurt Vonnegut
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The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
Terry Pratchett
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Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.
Wayne Dyer
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I’ve been on both sides; I’ve interviewed people, and I do an okay job, I guess. But it’s awful. Because you feel like you have to defend your life, which is such an interesting concept. It’s not an easy process to sit down and talk about, ‘What’s your motivation?’ Because as I’m answering, I’m working it out for myself at the same time.
RuPaul
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Oscar Wilde
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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
J. K. Rowling
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill
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I opposed No Child Left Behind, I opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill, I opposed the Wall Street bailout. What the American people are starting to see is that Republican, Republicans on Capitol Hill get it and the Democrats, from the White House to Capitol Hill, just don’t get it.
Mike Pence
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe – you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
Lord Byron
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