Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The more dependent you are, the more ignorant you must be, and that’s how they want you.
Rush Limbaugh
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For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
Leonardo da Vinci
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I don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.
Alice Walker
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It’s amazing when you see something on T.V. for years and then you go and see it in person. It’s perspective is all different.
Rush Limbaugh
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My kids are just waiting for me at home. I’m their father. They’re wondering, ‘When’s Daddy coming home?’
Brad Pitt
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No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I’d had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.
Roger Daltrey
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I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‘I’m a Christian.’ I always think, ‘Already? You’ve already got it?’ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.
Maya Angelou
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I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.
Joel Osteen
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