Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.
Richard M. Nixon
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato
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Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.
William Butler Yeats
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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy
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How can we help President Obama?
Fidel Castro
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I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
Winston Churchill
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Francis Bacon
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Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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