Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. Kennedy
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The spirit of an age may be best expressed in the abstract ideal arts, for the spirit itself is abstract and ideal.
Oscar Wilde
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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
Voltaire
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Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred.
Henry Rollins
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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.
Jane Goodall
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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Marcus Aurelius
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I will never do another TV series. It couldn’t top I Love Lucy, and I’d be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
Lucille Ball
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