Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I’ve always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.
Bill Gates
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
John Lewis
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Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.
Virginia Woolf
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Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
Elie Wiesel
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
William Butler Yeats
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Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule.
Ellen DeGeneres
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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
Charlie Chaplin
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I am not a consecutive writer.
Dr. Seuss
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
Carl Jung
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