Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
Abraham Lincoln
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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Dale Carnegie
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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
Ambrose Bierce
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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can’t hate Africa and not hate yourself.
Malcolm X
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I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I’m a performance artist first; I’m a recording artist second.
Erykah Badu
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I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope for a more new and lively path. I do personalize at times, but this only for the grace and elan of the dance.
Charles Bukowski
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Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.
Maya Angelou
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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