Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.
Phil McGraw
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When I write, when I’m going hot, I don’t want to write more than four hours in a row. After that, you’re pushing it.
Charles Bukowski
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Of course it would depend on the project, but I don’t think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.
Zack Snyder
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Playing with Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn, I am a very lucky guy. Not many people are going to attack those two, which means the batsmen will attack me. And if they attack me, there is always a chance I can get a wicket.
Imran Tahir
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I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.
Louis Armstrong
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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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We have a saying in France. A dog doesn’t make a cat.
Yannick Noah
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. Rowling
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