Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.
John C. Maxwell
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I don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.
Dolly Parton
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I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite.
Bertrand Russell
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In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.
Noam Chomsky
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
Arthur Ashe
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I always make music as an art – it’s never been a product for me.
Lil Peep
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the ‘we’ rather than the ‘I.’
Eckhart Tolle
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Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.
Taylor Swift
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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
Leo Tolstoy
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The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
Nikita Khrushchev
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