Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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America has swerved from its ethical center.
Marianne Williamson
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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
Albert Camus
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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
Maya Angelou
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We’re all constantly keeping score. You can’t help it. But trying to pit ourselves against other people in some measurable way is largely a waste of time.
Ron Howard
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I guess it’s flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.
David Bowie
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I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There’s a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter the poem as a participant. So I try to get past resolving poems.
Yusef Komunyakaa
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I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.
Elizabeth Warren
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
Bertrand Russell
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I can’t tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I’ve got a good bead on myself.
Dolly Parton
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I really just like making music. People call that ‘work.’ Like, ‘Oh, you’re going to the studio to work?’ No, that’s even what I do in my off day. I love recording.
Juice Wrld
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