Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.
Marilyn Monroe
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People are not as nice as they used to be. There used to be a time when we conversed. You don’t get a lot of real responses now. They used to be more polite and well-mannered people, generally. It’s minimal now.
Aretha Franklin
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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
Thomas Merton
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In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.
Joe Biden
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Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‘Is there any hope for the future?’ My answer is the same, ‘Yes, through Jesus Christ.’
Billy Graham
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
Noam Chomsky
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I don’t believe in fate.
John Wooden
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When I don’t feel free and can’t do what I want I just react. I go against it.
Keanu Reeves
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Albert Einstein
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