Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune.
Leonard Cohen
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It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
Francis Bacon
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An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator… these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.
Steve Jobs
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A daydream is an evasion.
Thomas Merton
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Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Virgil
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The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.
John Ruskin
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On Him alone we depend for everything.
Ibn Arabi
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I think you’re working and learning until you die.
J. K. Rowling
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I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.
Will Smith
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I don’t believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn’t matter – it’s only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.
Henry Rollins
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