Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
Imran Khan
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In chemical terms, radium differs little from barium; the salts of these two elements are isomorphic, while those of radium are usually less soluble than the barium salts.
Marie Curie
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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
Sun Tzu
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If something’s important enough, you should try. Even if you – the probable outcome is failure.
Elon Musk
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
Erma Bombeck
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This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
Euripides
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I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Samuel Johnson
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When I was deployed, I could feel a full spectrum of American power keeping me safe. And yes, that was the armor on my vehicle; yes, it was the armor on my body; but it was also the armor of some level of American moral authority.
Pete Buttigieg
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
Heraclitus
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