Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
Bertrand Russell
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell
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Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies; you can’t nail them to a wall.
Frank Lloyd Wright
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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I criticize by creation – not by finding fault.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs.
Elizabeth Warren
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If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work.
J. K. Rowling
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My lyrics aren’t offensive. Some people find everything offensive.
Tyler-The Creator
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Lao Tzu
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Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
William James
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