Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander Pope
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
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There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
Mark Twain
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Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Winston Churchill
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Sometimes I’ve been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.
Marilyn Monroe
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
Orson Welles
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If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Benjamin Franklin
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I’ve just always been a reader.
Kevin Gates
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There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains.
Stephen Hawking
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The women Democrats and Republicans work together incredibly well.
Amy Klobuchar
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