Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Finds progress, man’s distinctive mark alone, Not God’s, and not the beast’s; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.
Robert Browning
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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
Donald Trump
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For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have begun with a singularity, if Einstein’s general theory of relativity is correct. That appeared to indicate that science could not predict how the universe would begin.
Stephen Hawking
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A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.
T. S. Eliot
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When I am talking to people who I feel don’t like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.
Taylor Swift
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It’s just hard to meet new people, in my position.
Eminem
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Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.
Noam Chomsky
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Aesop
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