Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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People are starting to wake up to the fact that a media/political party-complex basically decide our candidate, then create the illusion for the rest of us that in fact we’re the ones who did the deciding.
Marianne Williamson
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I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that’s fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that’s fine. And it might not be right, because I’m the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It’s the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.
Taylor Swift
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All of my writing is God-given.
Ray Bradbury
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The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.
Hunter S. Thompson
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Winston Churchill
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In order to lead a country or a company, you’ve got to get everybody on the same page and you’ve got to be able to have a vision of where you’re going. America can’t have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations – can’t have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It’s got to have a vision.
Jack Welch
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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin Franklin
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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
H. L. Mencken
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I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.
Steven Wright
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Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
Winston Churchill
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