Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there’s nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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My brother had written ‘Ocean Eyes,’ and we recorded it, basing all of the production around contemporary and lyrical dance. I think of most songs that way – if you can’t dance to a song, it’s not a song.
Billie Eilish
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I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.
Zachary Taylor
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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
Erma Bombeck
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For me, it’s about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That’s what’s big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I’m in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.
Kevin Hart
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Unfortunately, if you’ve ever been in southern Georgia on the beaches in a lightning storm, if you’re out there, you’re in great, great danger, and you can be killed very, very quickly.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!
Taylor Swift
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I couldn’t be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.
Larry David
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In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
Euripides
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Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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