Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop
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I think that the idea of having a different approach to every single one of my albums is so exciting to me. I never want to make the same record twice. Why do it? What’s the point?
Taylor Swift
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Charity creates a multitude of sins.
Oscar Wilde
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The travail of freedom and justice is not easy, but nothing serious and important in life is easy. The history of humanity has been a continuing struggle against temptation and tyranny – and very little worthwhile has ever been achieved without pain.
Robert Kennedy
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Men don’t like eating out of cans. And I don’t like eating out of cans too much, either.
Aretha Franklin
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The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
Diogenes
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people’s kids than I did my own.
Jackie Robinson
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I don’t want to fail the audience. I don’t want to let them down.
Henry Rollins
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Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game.
Michael Jordan
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I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Winston Churchill
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