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First Principles: A Bureaucrat Is the Most Despicable Person – Often Petty, Dull and Not To Be Trusted
“A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Bureacrat, Crafty, Delight, Despicable, Dull, First Principles, Holder, Mankind, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Need, Oppressor, Petty, Resemble, Stupid, Thief, Trust, Viscious, Vulture, Witless
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Thought For the Day: The Best and Most Beautiful Things In the World Cannot Be Seen Or Even Touched – They Must Be Felt With the Heart
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
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Tagged Beautiful, Best, Felt, Heart, Helen Keller, Seen, Thought For the Day, Touch, World
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Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town
The whole creative process behind the making of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies and the original tales has and have always fascinated me. How about you? Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town by Michael Romani Somewhere in Switzerland … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Alchemy, Artist, Beautiful, Believe, Bits, Blend, Blessing, Call, Close, Cold, Conceal, Concept, Created, Daydreams, Deep, Detail, Discover, Drawing, Dream, End, Endless, Exist, Fantasy, Fascinate, Feeling, Fragment, Freed, Fusion, Generation, God, Grip, Head, Heart, Hobbit, Hobbiton, Hom, Immersion, Inspire, Journey, Keep, Kept, Layers, Life, Little Garden, Look, Lord of the Rings, Magic, Memory, Mid-Earth, Mirth, Movie, Mystery, Nature, New Zealand, North, Pantheon, Pencil, Penetrate, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Read, Real, Regale, Reveal, Road, Ruins, Saga, Sketch, Smile, Soul, Steep, Switzerland, Tale, Tea, Tolkien, Trace, Veil, Veneration, Walk, Weep, Wilds, Wise, Wordless, Words, Worth, Woven
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Thought For the Day: The First Duty of A Newspaper Is To Be Accurate
“The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it is accurate, it follows that it is fair.” – Herbert B. Swope (1882-1958)
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Tagged Accurate, Duty, Fair, First, Follow, Herbert B Swope, Newspaper, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Battle Is Not Just the Strong; But, to the Vigilant, Active and Brave
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Tagged Active, Battle, Brave, First Principles, Patrick Henry, Sir, Strong, Vigilant
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There’s the Deep of That
Common culture often sees child’s play as an expression of something basic. Modern psychology suggests that it is otherwise. I am inclined to agree. There’s the Deep of That by Michael Romani There is as it seems A world that … Continue reading
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Tagged Agency, Arbritrary, Archetype, Building Blocks, Child's Play, Choice, Confide, Culture, Deep, Discern, Dreams, Expression, Face, Hype, Impose, Joy, Learn, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Predesign, Preference, Psychology, Push Back, Reference, Refine, Seems, Smile, Step, Voice, Zillion
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Thought For the Day: Truth, Forgiveness and Love Can Heal the World
“Know that truth, forgiveness, and love can heal the world. Imagine if all of us could be truthful with ourselves, start forgiving everyone, and start loving everyone. We would no longer be selfish, gossiping would be over, and we would … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Everyone, Forgive, Forgiveness, Gossip, Heal, Imagine, Judge, Live, Love, Loving, Miguel Angel Ruiz, Ourselves, Selfish, Thought For the Day, Truth, Truthful, World
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First Principles: As the President Bears No Resemblance To A King So the Senate Has No Similarity To Nobles
“As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they … Continue reading
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Tagged Collective, First Principles, Hereditary, King, Knowledge, Nobles, Office, Power, Precarious, President, Qualities, Resemble, Senate, Tench Coxe, Vice, Virtue, Wisdom
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Flash In the Pan
In the hustle and bustle that makes up our busy days so many, perhaps too many people and places come and go and yet these linger in our memories, right? Flash In the Pan by Michael Romani Our hearts thrown … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Bet, Books, Certain, Change, Come and Go, Comfort, Complete, Crack, Days, Dim, Feeling, Flash, Flash In the Pan, Friend, Goodbye, Heart, Hearts, Hustle, Independent, Invincible, Kiss, Linger, Memory, Modern Love, Night, Pages, Pan, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Read, Refine, Right, Ring, Seen, Sing, Soul, Tomorrow, Trespass, Yours and Mine
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