Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Republicans are the party of ‘no,’ and Democrats are the party of ‘don’t know’ because it hasn’t fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.
Jesse Jackson
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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
George Eliot
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I never thought a role model should be negative.
Michael Jordan
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I am not aware how you succeed politically when you insult women, who far more than men consistently provide you with great margins of support.
Bernie Sanders
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.
Marilyn Monroe
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Who wants to live forever?
Freddie Mercury
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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Bertrand Russell
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
Calvin Coolidge
Got any book recommendations?