Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?
Thomas Sowell
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Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn’t turn out very well – you go, ‘Why did you do that?’ But in the end, I can’t regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
Robin Williams
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Marx and Engels never talked about murdering the bourgeois. According to the old bourgeois concept, the judges were the ones who judged, and the executioners were the ones who executed.
Fidel Castro
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The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black.
James Baldwin
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And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective component which is more archetypal and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness.
Deepak Chopra
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
Benjamin Disraeli
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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
George Eliot
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
Mike Tyson
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The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.
Joe Biden
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I want my tennis to speak for everything.
Maria Sharapova
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