Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.
Clint Eastwood
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Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.
Rumi
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Whether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
Maria Sharapova
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If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.
Nikita Khrushchev
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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Alexander Pope
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Contrary to popular belief, I don’t spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I’ve learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that’s what kids are playing. That’s what people are talking about.
Bill Gates
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What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us.
Condoleezza Rice
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Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like – or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.
Simon Sinek
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
H. L. Mencken
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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
Theodore Roosevelt
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