Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Euripides
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I graduated law school nine months pregnant and didn’t take a job.
Elizabeth Warren
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I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life… it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.
Sonia Sotomayor
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In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
Les Brown
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There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
Sam Houston
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When people don’t have a hopeful vision before them or the possible resolution of their difficulties by peaceful means, then they can be attracted to violence and to separatism.
Condoleezza Rice
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I’ve been in more laps than a napkin.
Mae West
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Youth is wasted on the young.
George Bernard Shaw
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Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
John Keats
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It is illegal for foreign entities to buy political ads in the United States. But that didn’t stop the purchase of thousands of political ads on Facebook, paid for – in rubles – by foreigners.
Amy Klobuchar
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