Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
Wilma Rudolph
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Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
Khalil Gibran
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I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that’s a large part of my purpose.
Misty Copeland
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Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.
George Orwell
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I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
Mark Twain
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I think child stars have a leg up, actually, because they have an innate sense of what creative problem solving is all about. But to make a life out of it, you have to be ready to take on project after project. You have to like the action.
Ron Howard
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There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Christ. That, hands down, blows away every joke I’ve ever written.
Steve Harvey
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I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama.
Donald Trump
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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
Francis Bacon
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