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Thought For the Day: Tomorrow Is the First Blank Page of A 365-Page Book. Write A Good One.
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley
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Tagged 365, Blank, Book, Brad Paisley, First, Good One, Page, Thought For the Day, Tomorrow, Write
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First Principles: Write It On Your Heart That Every Day Is the Best Day In the Year
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Thought For the Day: Art Should Be Like A Holiday: Something To Give A Man the Opportunity To See Things Differently and To Change His Point of View
“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” – Paul Klee, painter (18 Dec 1879-1940)
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First Principles: We Should Never Despair, Our Situation Before Has Been Unpromising and Has Changed For the Better, So I trust, It Will Again
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Arise, Before, Better, Changed, Efforts, Exertiion, Exigency, First Principles, George Washington, Never Despair, New Difficulties, Proportion, Situation, Times, Trust, Unpromising, We
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Thought For the Day: Anyone Can Be Passionate, But It Takes Real Lovers To Be Silly
“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” – Rose Franken, author and playwright (28 Dec 1895-1988)
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First Principles: Where the Press Is Free and Every Man Able To Read, All Is Safe
“Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.” – Thomas Jefferson, to Charles Yancey (1816)
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Thought For the Day: If We Would Have New Knowledge, We Must Get Us A Whole World of New Questions
“If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.” -Susanne Langer, philosopher (20 Dec 1895-1985)
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted For the Common Good; For the Protections, Safety, Prosperity and Happiness of the People; and Not for Profit, Honor or Private Interest of Any One Man, Family or Class of Men
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an … Continue reading
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Tagged Any One, Class of Man, Common Good, Family, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Honor, Instituted, John Adams, Man, Not For Profit, Private Interest, Prosperity, Protection, Safety, The People
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Life Worth Living
Life Worth Livingby Michael DoyleI’ve never been one given to chanceDetermined to rise above my circumstancesAs a child of God driven by destinyTaking this challenge as my legacyHeaven holds all of my best treasureGod first, then family, is my measureA … Continue reading
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 