Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me then. My barefoot rank is better.
Emily Dickinson
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
Ruby Bridges
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, ‘Listen to me.’
Shirley Chisholm
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Rituals are important. Nowadays it’s hip not to be married. I’m not interested in being hip.
John Lennon
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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we’re tackling these mysteries one by one. If you’re going to stay religious at the end of the conversation, God has to mean more to you than just where science has yet to tread.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.
Alice Walker
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In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The impact is a wake-up call on every level.
Henry Rollins
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The original ‘About Last Night’ was phenomenal.
Kevin Hart
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