Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.
Maya Angelou
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Good generalship is a realization that… you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world.
Charles Spurgeon
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I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
Henry David Thoreau
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When we were in Sweden, there was a fan that hid in a bin. I think one of the security guards saw and tried to take her out, and she went a bit crazy and started tackling them.
Zayn Malik
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
Robert Baden-Powell
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If the U.S. can transform its domestic market for HIV/AIDS drugs, it will certainly transform the world market and make HIV/AIDS drugs more affordable for everyone, everywhere.
Bernie Sanders
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
Lao Tzu
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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
Stephen Covey
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