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Gentleman George
Gentleman Georgeby Michael DoyleIt took a lifetime to forgeThe humility of Gentleman GeorgeWith his best fights fought on his kneesHe is God’s child and aims to pleaseOnce a lion, then a lamb, in doing all thingsHe only gave his second … Continue reading
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Tagged Aim, American Flag, Best Fight, Born Again, Bout, Boxer, Bring, Brutality, Comeback, Dedicate, Dignity, Forge, Frazier, Friend, Friends, Fumble, Gentleman George, George Foreman, God, God's Child, Gold Medal, Humility, Jamaica, Jesus, Jungle, Knees, Lamb, Last Breath, Legendary, Lifetime, Lion, Locker Room, Mercy, Mike Tyson, Morer, Muhammed Ali, Near Death, Nervous Tension, Olympics, Pack A Punch, Please, Poetry and Poems, Punch, Recall, Record, Rope-A-Dope, Sunshine Showdown, Tall, Teach, Tenacity, The Ring, True Man, Very Best, Won, Zaire
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Thought For the Day: Many People Take No Care of Their Money Till They Come Nearly To the End of It, and Others Do Just the Same With Their Time
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)
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Tagged Care, Come, End, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Many People, Money, Same, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: The Consciousness of Having Discharged That Duty Which We Owe To Our Country Is Superior To All Other Considerations
“The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.” – George Washington (1788)
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Tagged Consciousness, Country, Discharge, Duty, First Principles, George Washington, Other Considerations, Superior
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens.” – Joseph Story
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Tagged Citizens, Created, First Princioples, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Spirit, Republics, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is To Narrow the Range of Thought?
“Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is To Narrow the Range of Thought?” – George Orwell
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Tagged Aim, Narrrow, Newspeak, See, Thought For the Day
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A Harper Rises
A Harper Risesby Michael DoyleWhen a harper rises from his slumberAnd whatever the spell that he’s been underHe will find his answers become rightAs though illuminated by the lightNo longer trading in colloquialisms and slightBut speaking only the true, noble, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibi, Answer, Begun, Brdige, Brink, Clever, Conceive, Crumble, Dare, Done, Endeavor, Faith, Fog, Forget, Good fight, Harper, Humble, Illuminate, Journey, Life, Light, Love, Nobility, Noble, Poetry and Poems, Puzzles, Right, Rise, Saving Grace, Sensibility, Setting Sun, Slumber, Speak, Spell, Stride, Strong, Stumble, Think, Tight, Trade, Tragic Pride, True, Under, Victory, Way, Weak, Winds of Time
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First Principles: That Form of Government Which Is Best Contrived To Secure An Impartial and Exact Execution of the Laws, Is the Best of Republics
“That form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the laws, is the best of republics.” – John Adams (1776)
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Tagged Best, Contrivee, Execution, First Principles, Form, Government, Impartial, John Adams, Law, Republlic, Secure
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Thought For the Day: 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
“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 Against, Past, People, Right There, Road, Then, Thought For the Day, Travel, William Least Heat-Moon, Yesterdays
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Our Father’s Embrace
Our Father’s Embraceby Michael DoyleYour faith has walked in my daysYour good has exceeded my praiseWith the mention of your nameYour wonders have brought me up from shameThere were days that I thought I would not liveBut you raised me … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazed, Believe, Child, Conceive, Days, Detection, Embrace, Evidence, Faith, Father, Forgiven, Good, Holy Grace, Hope, Human Being, Live, Mention, Miracles, Numbered Days, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Proof, Resurrection, Seen, Shame, Testimony, View, Walk, Wonderful, Wonders, Worth
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 