Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
Woody Allen
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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
Jean de la Bruyere
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Weakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot nailed to the floor.
Henry Rollins
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The score never interested me, only the game.
Mae West
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius
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Greatness will come by looking forward – untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our shared values – and by changing our nation’s future.
Pete Buttigieg
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All through Latin America, there’s sharp condemnation of the criminal atrocities of Sept. 11. But it’s qualified by the observation that although these are horrible atrocities, they are not unfamiliar.
Noam Chomsky
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I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.
Michelle Obama
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Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it… You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
Will Rogers
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I think that that’s the wisest thing – to prevent illness before we try to cure something.
Maya Angelou
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