Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
Elizabeth I
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.
Richard M. Nixon
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I think a lot about intergenerational justice. Short-term versus long-term helps to explain a lot of the policy disagreements that happen between the parties, and I would argue that in most ways, we are the party with more long-term thinking.
Pete Buttigieg
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I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.
Keanu Reeves
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When you’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
Maria Sharapova
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Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.
Michael Bloomberg
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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost
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Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
Richard M. Nixon
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