Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
Marilyn Monroe
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To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition.
Jean Piaget
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By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.
Victor Hugo
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It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.
Denis Waitley
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Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
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Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.
Muhammad Ali
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Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.
Demetri Martin
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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
Heraclitus
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
Honore de Balzac
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