Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have children, and develop a rich social, sexual, and intellectual life, but we know almost nothing about our surroundings.
Carl Sagan
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If life doesn’t offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
Cesar Chavez
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All emotion is involuntary when genuine.
Mark Twain
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The 100m is never stressful.
Usain Bolt
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
Abraham Lincoln
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Francis Bacon
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A great mind becomes a great fortune.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can’t just pop off or lash out irrationally.
Michelle Obama
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