Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night’s date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn’t think of looking at another woman.
Marilyn Monroe
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
Sam Houston
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There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don’t destroy them. They lay golden eggs.
David Ogilvy
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God has given us two hands – one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.
Billy Graham
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One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it’s an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism.
Henry Rollins
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Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.
Joyce Meyer
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
Robert A. Heinlein
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I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
Walt Disney
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott
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I ain’t never nervous. Never nervous.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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