Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I couldn’t live a week without a private library – indeed, I’d part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I’d let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.
H. P. Lovecraft
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore Roosevelt
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When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe.
Joel Osteen
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The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams.
John Muir
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Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They’re free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.
Jesse Jackson
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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Voltaire
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A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.
Simon Sinek
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I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple’s product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.
Elon Musk
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The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society’s directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It’s courageous.
RuPaul
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
Aeschylus
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