Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
Blaise Pascal
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I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.
Taylor Swift
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It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.
Jeff Bezos
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My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.
Malala Yousafzai
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If you are feeling good , it is because you are thinking good thoughts .
Rhonda Byrne
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A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
Charles Spurgeon
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What my father gave me more than anything else is great tutoring and a great brain, frankly. You know, my father’s brother was a top person at MIT, went to MIT, graduated from MIT, was a teacher at MIT, a professor at MIT, a great engineer. I mean, you know, I have very good genes.
Donald Trump
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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
Jane Austen
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The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That’s approaching evil.
Jeff Bezos
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