Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
James Madison
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I love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.
Billie Eilish
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When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
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It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.
Terry Pratchett
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Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery.
Henry Rollins
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Bo Derek is a really good friend of mine, and I’d like to spend more time with her.
Ray Bradbury
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