Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
Aristotle
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
Omar Khayyam
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Obama, of course, outspent McCain.
Noam Chomsky
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We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.
Cesar Chavez
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Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
Earl Nightingale
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The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars.
Ray Bradbury
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We have to do a better job of putting some rules on the insurance companies.
Amy Klobuchar
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The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Albert Einstein
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The ‘free-floating intellectual’ may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.
Noam Chomsky
Got any book recommendations?