Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I’m not the kind of cat that’s going to cut off an ear if I can’t do something.
Bob Dylan
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By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited… The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.
Bill Gates
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His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.
Woody Allen
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Hip-hop saved my life, man. It’s the only thing I’ve ever been even decent at. I don’t know how to do anything else.
Eminem
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The child is father of the man.
William Wordsworth
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A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.
Brene Brown
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Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
Marcus Garvey
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Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.
Bob Dylan
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In my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.
Joe Biden
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What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
Winston Churchill
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