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Monthly Archives: September 2018
First Principles: We Determine To Die Or Be Free
“Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit — appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free.” – Joseph Warren, American account of the Battle … Continue reading
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Tagged Appeal, Battle of Lexington, Cause, Determination, First Principles, Heaven, Joseph Warren, Justice, Live Free Or Die, Presecution, Submission, Tyranny
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First Principles: Do Not Squander The Time of Your Life
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.” —Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Life, Love, Poor Richard's Almanac, Squander, Time
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Thought For the Day: There Are No Yesterdays On the Road; There Is Only Now
“When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat-Moon, travel writer (b. 27 Aug 1939)
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Tagged Here, Now, Past, Road, There, Thought For the Day, Travel, William Least Heat-Moon, Yesterday
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Conflict Of Civilizations
There is a conflict in the West that draws down deeper than radical Islam versus West. It is Leftism versus Tradition. I think it’s pretty clear which side of this divide I am on. https://flic.kr/p/28vWo91 Conflict Of Civilizations by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Antithesis, Chaste, Christianity, Communism, Contempt, Death, Destruction, Dogma, Economics, Extremism, Faced, Fascism, Freud, Futile, God, Guidance, Happy, Heart and Feelings, Holy, Ideology, Imaginary, Instruction, Judaism, Leftism, Life's Questions, Light, Marxism, Meaning, Perverse, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Secularism, Sex, Sirens, The Bible, The West, Theology, Thesis, Tradition, Unholy, Universe, Utopia, Wealth, Western Civilization
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Daily Prompt – Exquisite
Sometimes in the quiet hours of late night When my sleep somehow isn’t going right That is when I take a moment to revisit All the memories of you that are so exquisite It only took a moment for me … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Blind
There are none so fully blind As those who think they truly see Beyond the illusions of our minds Into the unfiltered and pure reality Losing those things that make up conscience As we stand here blinded by science Somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged Assertions, Blind, Conscience, Daily Prompt, Dogma, Filters, Free, Illusions, Key, Minds, None, Perceptions, Principles, Reality, Reliance, Science, See, Think, Truth, Youth
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Daily Prompt – Perfume
It’s a tale that seems as old as man That someone sold a dream to woman That their biggest aim and chief goal Is to hide themselves and sell their souls To be the most appealing in any room Coloring … Continue reading
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Tagged Appeal, Beauty, Bittersweet, Bought, Con Man, Consequence, Conversation, Daily Prompt, Dye, Extinction, Forgot, Frustration, Injection, Inside, Man, Oldest Profession, Perfume, Scent, Soul, Tale, Woman
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