Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I was thinking as a little girl growing up that I would be there. When I look at whether we can go to Mars, it’s definitely something we can do.
Mae Jemison
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Too much of what is called ‘education’ is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.
Thomas Sowell
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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
Bertrand Russell
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If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
Chanakya
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Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare – something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state – something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.
Kevin Hart
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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
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I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.
Donald Trump
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He who hath many friends hath none.
Aristotle
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