Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I’m a songwriter. Everything affects me.
Taylor Swift
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I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.
Bobby Knight
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Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
Imran Khan
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There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Henry Ford
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Marcus Aurelius
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine
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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
Mike Tyson
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us… While what we call ‘our own life’ remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make ‘our own life’ less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
C. S. Lewis
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The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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