Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
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Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them.
Maimonides
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Worry about going out there and making your own legacy.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.
Jean de la Bruyere
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
Oscar Wilde
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Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.
Bill Gates
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That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
Eckhart Tolle
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