Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.
William Wordsworth
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I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I’ve been challenged by so many people, and I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn’t have time either.
Donald Trump
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
Fran Lebowitz
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To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.
Rahm Emanuel
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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon – there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.
Muhammad Ali
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Edmund Burke
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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