Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
Arthur Ashe
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Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
Mark Twain
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When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity.
Malcolm X
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
Ambrose Bierce
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People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.
Kurt Vonnegut
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In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, ’69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam. But it’s worth remembering that the war in Vietnam started – an outright war started in 1962.
Noam Chomsky
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When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.
Walt Disney
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The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
Peter Drucker
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories… but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
William James
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