Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington
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I’ve been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed – the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America.
Joe Biden
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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
Ruby Bridges
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I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.
Stephen Hawking
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For my 10th birthday, what I wanted was Beatle boots and a Beatle wig. My parents couldn’t find Beatle boots, but down at the dime store, Woolworths or someplace, they found a Beatle wig!
Ron Howard
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I feel like I have to share whatever I can. You’re culpable if you don’t act.
Brad Pitt
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A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.
D. H. Lawrence
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