Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn’t become a registered voter until I moved to Tennessee, to Nashville, as a student.
John Lewis
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Never take anything for granted.
Benjamin Disraeli
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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Sigmund Freud
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Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.
Elie Wiesel
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Aristotle
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We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.
William Butler Yeats
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
Helen Keller
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When you see me smash somebody’s skull, you enjoy it.
Mike Tyson
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
Oprah Winfrey
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There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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