Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.
Alexander Pope
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The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
John C. Maxwell
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There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
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With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that’s safer, doesn’t require us to go around the world to get all our oil.
Bill Gates
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In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.
Marcel Proust
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
Audre Lorde
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Islam means peace.
Malala Yousafzai
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