Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Founding Fathers are not just some people that happened to get mad a long time ago and want their freedom. They were special people in addition to what their natural yearnings were.
Rush Limbaugh
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You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn’t work. And what’s good theater and what’s good politics isn’t necessarily good economic policy.
Michael Bloomberg
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I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.
Maria Sharapova
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In most communities it is illegal to cry ‘fire’ in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
Voltaire
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Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.
Terry Pratchett
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I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don’t know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
Eartha Kitt
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
Martha Graham
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We sometimes let ourselves be rated too much by others – we put so much emphasis on a paycheck or what a magazine says.
Brad Pitt
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I call on Russia and the United States of America, the cosponsors of the peace conference, to help the peace process take bigger steps by contributing to the process and helping to overcome all obstacles.
Yasser Arafat
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