Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I just want to conquer people and their souls.
Mike Tyson
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If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.
William James
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Personally, I don’t choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That’s between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
Erykah Badu
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I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.
Josephine Baker
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I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I’m very proud of that. But I’ve always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That’s what’s important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.
LeBron James
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My father… removed from Kentucky to… Indiana, in my eighth year… It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up… Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher… but that was all.
Abraham Lincoln
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I had a very messianic childhood.
Leonard Cohen
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I used to live on one candy bar a day – it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and it was so beautiful.
Charles Bukowski
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When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: ‘What is he going to do?’
Usain Bolt
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