Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It’s true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It’s not rocket science.
RuPaul
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The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
Khalil Gibran
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When I was two, a dragonfly flew near me. A man knocked it to the ground and trod on it. I remember crying because I’d caused the dragonfly to be killed.
Jane Goodall
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Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.
Richard M. Nixon
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I don’t believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn’t, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
Hedy Lamarr
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I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.
Henny Youngman
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Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.
Rumi
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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood – never.
Albert Camus
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand Russell
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