Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
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I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
Adam Smith
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I trust no one, not even myself.
Joseph Stalin
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There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams
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There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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I want to take Negroes out of the ghetto and put them in good neighborhoods in good houses.
Malcolm X
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Thomas Carlyle
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I don’t like to feel like I’m some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves.
Taylor Swift
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There’s not much time to unwind, but you know what, it’s because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn’t ever feel like work.
Tom Brady
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