Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
Alan Watts
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I am results-oriented.
Bill Gates
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Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.
Bill Gates
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We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.
Katherine Johnson
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One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader’s need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.
Simon Sinek
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Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and time are now dynamic quantities… space and time not only affect but are also affected by everything that happens in the universe.
Stephen Hawking
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As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Chanakya
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!
Audrey Hepburn
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When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
Will Rogers
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Francis Bacon
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