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First Principles: The Ballot Box Is the Surest Arbiter of Disputes Among Free Persons
“The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.” – James Buchanan
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Tagged Arbiter, Ballot Box, Dispute, First Principles, Free Men, James Buchanan, Sure
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Thought For the Day: Success Breeds the Complacency That Breeds Failure
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure.” – Andy Grove
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Nightbirds Sing In Prophecy
Halloween Poem #11: https://flic.kr/p/nF9hWR Nightbirds Sing In Prophecy by Michael Romani Hiding in the dark of shadow Is that thing which you must know Hold those tears that you might cry Never knowing the passage of goodbye You think you … Continue reading
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Tagged Bits and Bones, Book of Sin, Claw, Cry, Curse, Dance, Dark, Day, Demonic, Dragon, Forsake, God, Halloween, Hide, History, Invoke, Know, Knowledge, Last, Legacy, Mystery, Nightbird, Nowhere, Passage, Passion, Pestilence, Photograph, Pipe, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Prophecy, Protection, Quiet, Reveal, Second Sight, Shadow, Sing, Tear, Way, Worse
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Thought For the Day: Success Consists In Never Making the Same Mistake Twice
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw
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First Principles: Inhabitants of A Vast Continent Will Hold Different Opinions While Being United In Common Objective Sustained By Common Principles
“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce
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Tagged Common Objective, Continent, Different, Expect, First Principles, Franklin Pierce, Inhabitants, Opinion, Principles, Sustain, Unite
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Resurrection (The Monster’s Lament)
Halloween Poem #10: Resurrection (The Monster’s Lament) by Michael Romani I cannot speak in denial Though my very soul is on trial Looking back on all of my days Sometimes unspeakable in my ways There are so many things I … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Alone, Anew, Beauty, Believe, Bound, Broken, Cast, Conceive, Cost, Cruell, Darkness, Day, Deniall, Depllorable, Detail, Devil, Different, Done, Duty, Find, Forget, Frail, Harshness, Hell, Home, Honor, Human Being, Imperfect, Inside, Lament, Lost, Love, Man, Meaning, Monster, Never, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pride, Rage, Regret, Resurrection, Scar, Soul, Spoken, Time, Trial, Turn, Wak, Wander, Ways
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Thought For the Day: We Cannot Solve Our Problems With the Same Thinking We Used When We Created Them
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Create, Problems, Same, Solve, Think, Thought For the Day, Use, We
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First Principles: It Is A Common Error To Mistake Change For Progress
“It is not strange… to mistake change for progress.” – Millard Fillmore
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A Keening of Cause
Halloween Poem #9: A Keening of Cause by Michael Romani Fallen into second sight’s vision I find myself lost in indecision There inside that stinging fog Sawn in half like a totem’s log It’s too late for what will come … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Burn, Cause, Danger, Darkness, Death, Doom, Drum, Eye, Fall, Fog, Gateway, Halloween, Hear, History, Immortal, Keen, Lamentation, Late, Legacy, Lost, Lucifer, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Raven, Scar, Second Sight, Shine, Tattoo, Thrill, Totem, Wall, Will
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Thought For the Day: Children Are the World’s Most Valuable Resource and Its Best Hope For the Future
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Children, Future, Hope, John F Kennedy, Resource, Thought For the Day, Valuable, World
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