Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get.
Clint Eastwood
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It’s funny how most people love the dead, once you’re dead, you’re made for life.
Jimi Hendrix
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In my research, I’ve interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call ‘different’: scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance.
Brene Brown
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde
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I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.
Abraham Lincoln
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During the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman.
Dolly Parton
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
Walter Scott
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops… If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
Dalai Lama
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it’s this world or nothing. That’s a very powerful perception.
Carl Sagan
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