Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
H. L. Mencken
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If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.
Wayne Dyer
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‘The Assassination of Jesse James’ remains one of my favorite films that I’ve done. You know, it’s still labeled a loser.
Brad Pitt
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When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent.
John Muir
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If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a ‘peace conference’, you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
Joseph Stalin
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Let’s be honest, dental care in America is extremely expensive, period.
Bernie Sanders
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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit.
Bobby Knight
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I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.
Jim Valvano
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down .
Woody Allen
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Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats’ new spending doesn’t? Will someone please ask that?
Rush Limbaugh
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