Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
Abraham Maslow
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
Booker T. Washington
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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
Oscar Wilde
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Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
Karl Marx
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Men’s vows are women’s traitors!
William Shakespeare
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There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.
George Bernard Shaw
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Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that’s associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the people they give that job to.
Bill Gates
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There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment. And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year – especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don’t work that way.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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I was a smart kid, but I hated school.
Eminem
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Thomas Jefferson
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