Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their health care exchange.
Bernie Sanders
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Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
Thomas Carlyle
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There’s tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time.
Henry Rollins
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What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
Usain Bolt
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Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then.
Larry David
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The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic.
Bill Gates
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
Indira Gandhi
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The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
George Bernard Shaw
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The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.
Ray Bradbury
Got any book recommendations?