Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Marriage is a great institution.
Elizabeth Taylor
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In a person’s career, well, if you’re process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you’re more likely to be success. I often say ‘pursue excellence, ignore success.’ Success is a by-product of excellence.
Deepak Chopra
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You have good days and bad days.
Usain Bolt
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It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
Oscar Wilde
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I hope that as the Senate and American people learn more about me, they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor
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Yeah, I know I’m ugly… I said to a bartender, ‘Make me a zombie.’ He said ‘God beat me to it.’
Rodney Dangerfield
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I’m an atheist.
Stephen Hawking
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A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn’t set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves.
Simon Sinek
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