Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I want to be all used up when I die.
George Bernard Shaw
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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.
Marilyn Monroe
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Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
Bill Gates
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Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I’ve written, are stories driven by characters.
Dolly Parton
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Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.
Sonia Sotomayor
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I got quite annoyed after the Haiti earthquake. A baby was taken from the wreckage and people said it was a miracle. It would have been a miracle had God stopped the earthquake. More wonderful was that a load of evolved monkeys got together to save the life of a child that wasn’t theirs.
Terry Pratchett
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Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.
Stephen Hawking
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Plato
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu
Got any book recommendations?