Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.
Colin Powell
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I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know are yea and amen.
John Wesley
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Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Don’t confuse honours with achievement.
Zadie Smith
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The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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I’ve often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.
Terry Pratchett
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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden
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Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.
Pope Francis
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