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Thought For the Day: It Is Curious That Physical Courage Should Be So Common In the World and Moral Courage So Rare
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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First Principles: As For You, You Meant Evil Against Me, But God Meant It For Good
“But Joseph said to them, Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” – Genesis 50:19-20
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Tagged Against, Eivl, First Principles, Genesis, God, Good, Joseph, Said
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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of Others
“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” -William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)
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Tagged Experrience, Imagination, Lack, Observation, One, Supply, Thought For the Day, Three Things, Two, William Faulkner, Writer
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On the Tipping Point of Stupid
On the Tipping Point of Stupidby Michael DoyleOf all the thoughts on thought contributedThere it is on the tipping point of stupidThe calling of names that should bring shameYet, there it is in politics as if a gameSpeaking of trickle … Continue reading
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Tagged Against the Grain, Alinsky, Better, Dialogue, Election Points, Game, Media, Milieu, Names, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Reason, Rhetoric, Role, Season, Shame, Smart, Stategy, Stupid, Talking Heads, Talking Reason, The People, Think, Thought, Tipping Point, Together, Tragedy, Trickle Down Idoicy
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Thought For the Day: We All Have Our Time Machines. Some Take Us Back, They’re Called Memories. Some Take Us Forward, They’re Called Dreams
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” -Jeremy Irons, actor (b. 19 Sep 1948)
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Tagged Back, Dreams, Forward, Jeremy Irons, Memories, Thought For the Day, Time Machines, We
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First Principles: It was Intended To Lace Them Up Straightly Within Enumerated Powers and Those Without Which, As Means, These Powers Could Not Be Carried Into Effect
“They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare, but only to lay taxes for that purpose. To consider the latter phrase not as describing the purpose of the first, but as giving a distinct … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Monsters Are Real, and Ghosts Are Real Too. They Live Inside Us, and Sometimes, They Win
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” -Stephen King, novelist (b. 21 Sep 1947)
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently; and According To Their Circumstances
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Circumstances, Duty of Parents, Educate, First Principles, Happiness, James Wilson, Maintain, Protect, Prudence, Respectability, Usefulness
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 