Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn’t be here in the physical world.
George Harrison
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You shouldn’t use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.
Jimmy Wales
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
Samuel Johnson
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Abraham Lincoln
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In all my wild mountaineering, I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride; and the start was so sudden, and the end came so soon, I thought but little of the danger that goes with this sort of travel, though one thinks fast at such times.
John Muir
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There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
Jack Welch
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The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.
Michael Bloomberg
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Logical activity is not the whole of intelligence. One can be intelligent without being particularly logical.
Jean Piaget
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Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
Bernard Meltzer
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You can’t imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.
Bob Dylan
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