Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
Rabindranath Tagore
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It is written that there shall be a separation, and the sheep shall be separated from the goats. The other preachers have the sheep; I have the goats. And I have a few sheep among my goats, but they are very ragged.
Sojourner Truth
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I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.
Steve Jobs
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It’s hard to change someone’s ideas when they might not even really consciously know that they’re being racist, or have racist ideas, just because ballet has been this way for hundreds of years.
Misty Copeland
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My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.
Amy Klobuchar
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Every harlot was a virgin once.
William Blake
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I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer’s as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer’s it’s the best form of Alzheimer’s to have.
Terry Pratchett
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I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.
Malala Yousafzai
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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
Malcolm X
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