Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up into the branches. It was particularly fine at night with the stars above the tree.
Georgia O’Keeffe
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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
Dalai Lama
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Sometimes I am asked if I know ‘the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don’t even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response.
Elie Wiesel
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Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
John F. Kennedy
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When the Founding Fathers arrived here in Philadelphia to forge a new nation, they didn’t come as Democrats or Republicans or to nominate a presidential candidate. They came as patriots who feared party politics.
Michael Bloomberg
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
Malala Yousafzai
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People are always coming up to me and saying, ‘I heard your dad’s speech, and it’s really great.’ And they’ll mention some place I didn’t even know my dad was going to.
Bill Gates
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In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there’s such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.
Bill Gates
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I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
Michelangelo
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