Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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There are a few other things that I built when I was at Harvard that were kind of smaller versions of Facebook. One such program was this program called Match. People could enter the different courses that they were taking, and see what other courses would be correlated with the courses they are taking.
Mark Zuckerberg
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I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
Groucho Marx
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As long as I can contribute, I’ll continue working.
Yusuf Hamied
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao Tzu
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Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William Shakespeare
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Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.
Eminem
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I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn’t do what I wanted to do.
Carol Burnett
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A big part of teaching is being emphatic. Maybe I’m right or wrong, but part of my approach was that when I said something, the kids understood exactly what I meant and what I wanted.
Bobby Knight
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Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.
Blaise Pascal
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We have too many cellphones. We’ve got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.
Ray Bradbury
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