Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
Richard P. Feynman
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The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
Richard M. Nixon
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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
Robert Browning
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The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
Warren Buffett
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
John Adams
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I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.
Nelson Mandela
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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
Lou Holtz
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Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.
Lord Byron
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We let folks know we’re interested in them and that they’re vital to us. cause they are.
Sam Houston
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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily Dickinson
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