Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
Booker T. Washington
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The soul’s joy lies in doing.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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When I retire I’m going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.
Richard M. Nixon
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I like to get in among a set of people and get to know them very well.
J. K. Rowling
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As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Bill Gates
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Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.
Samuel Beckett
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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
Sigmund Freud
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In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
Lucille Ball
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A war is a horrible thing, but it’s also a unifier of countries.
Clint Eastwood
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