Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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At my advanced age – I’m now an octogenarian – I’m constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
Hedy Lamarr
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Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?
Phyllis Diller
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Fidel Castro
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The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.
Henry David Thoreau
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
George S. Patton
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At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn’t expecting it.
Jimmy Buffett
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If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.
Thomas Sowell
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My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.
Maya Angelou
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When I go out, I’m always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be ‘on.’ Just in case somebody’s going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I’m prepared to service the public.
RuPaul
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