Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
Jackie Robinson
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I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.
Joyce Meyer
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People say Malala’s voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala’s voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala’s voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women’s rights, and peace.
Malala Yousafzai
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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
C. S. Lewis
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My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
Robert A. Heinlein
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We won’t organize any black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party.
Malcolm X
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can get more creative in solving problems.
Stephen Covey
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A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Thomas Hobbes
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