Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I’ve always been like that; I don’t smile in any pictures.
Billie Eilish
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My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, ‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.’
Bobby Knight
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don’t ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It’s like, ‘Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.’
Taylor Swift
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Libraries raised me.
Ray Bradbury
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When you’re young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You’ll live longer.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
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We tend to live up to our expectations.
Earl Nightingale
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I’ve gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.
Misty Copeland
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‘Do you spell it with a ‘V’ or a ‘W’?’ inquired the judge. ‘That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord’.
Charles Dickens
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Nothing is really typical of my efforts… I’m simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.
H. P. Lovecraft
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I think basically I’m lazy, but I have a housewife’s mentality when I go about my job.
Indira Gandhi
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