Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself – there’s nothing about me that’s rock n’ roll. It’s like, ‘Hello, I’m in a rock n’ roll band’. ‘No, you’re a narc.’
Henry Rollins
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If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro in government. It is merely evidence of the failure of slavery.
Carter G. Woodson
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint Augustine
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You’ve got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
Joe Biden
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The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.
Marianne Williamson
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Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.
Deepak Chopra
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Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.
George Santayana
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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When it comes down to it, glam rock was all very amusing. At the time, it was funny, then a few years later it became sort of serious-looking and a bit foreboding.
David Bowie
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