Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.
Abraham Lincoln
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One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
Will Rogers
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With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
Yanni
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Don’t judge. I used to buy underwear because I didn’t do my laundry.
Michelle Obama
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I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was ‘Einstein.’
Stephen Hawking
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It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.
James Baldwin
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Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.
Henry Rollins
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
D. H. Lawrence
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The addition of nuts in salad… I always find to be beneficial.
Larry David
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A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different.
Bill Gates
Got any book recommendations?