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Written In Blood and Sin
Written In Blood and Sinby Michael DoyleIn the ship’s dark hull are whispered liesAs slaves and pirates stumble on alibisBroken before the mast and the evil of eyesThe tales told don’t matter in a sea of liesThese are believed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Back Street, Blood and Sin, Danger, Dark Hull, Dark Side, Decision, Desire, Destruction, Disputation, Door, Emerge, Evil of Eyes, Fall, Good, Good Book's Instruction, Instruction, Lie, Loyalty, Mayhem, Mischief, Misdeeds, Nassau Town, No Mercy, Oath, Other Side, Path to Destruction, Pirate's Neck, Poetry and Poems, Price, Pride, Quench, Repentence, Reputation, Satan, Sea of Lies, Ship, Slaves and Pirates, Sliver of Hope, Snap, Story End, Strangers, Swallow, Tales Told, The Mast, Trust, Understood, Whispered Lies, Wild Fire, Written
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Thought For the Day: A Fool Is Known By His Speech; and A Wise Man By Silence
“A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.” – Pythagoras
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Tagged Fool, Known, Pythagoras, Silence, Speech, Thought For the Day, Wise Man
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First Principles: The Time To Guard Against Corruption and Tyranny, Is Before They Shall Have Gotten Hold of Us
“Mankind soon learn to make interested uses of every right and power which they possess, or may assume. The public money and public liberty, intended to have been deposited with three branches of magistracy, but found inadvertently to be in … Continue reading
Taking It Deep
Taking It Deepby Michael DoyleWe shoot the shotGiving it all we gotI would call it living the dreamBut sometimes, it makes me screamRevealing the secrets at all costsFinding our way, however, lostWe find the real that all dependsAnd rely on … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Best Tomrrow, Clown, Cost, Deep, Depends, Eyes, Feel, Future, Got, Gratitude, Keep, Live the Love, Living the Dream, Lost, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Ride and Die, Scream, Secret, Shoot, Slow, Taking It Deep, Thought, Trust, Victory, Your Eyes
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First Principles: The Foundation of National Morality Must Be Laid In Private Families
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families.” – John Adams (1778)
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Tagged Families, First Principles, Foundation, John Adams, Morality, National, Private
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Thought For the Day: The World Is Full of People Who Have Never, Since Childhood, Met an Open Doorway With an Open Mind
“The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.” – E.B. White
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Tagged Childhood, Doorway, E.B. White, Full, Mind, Open, People, Thought For the Day, World
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The Best of We
The Best of Weby Michael DoyleThere are things sometimes saidThat could be put a better wayEmotions ricochet off the tapes in our headsBetter-chosen words keep the ball in playThe fights fought are a step forwardOn the path that moves us … Continue reading
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Tagged Ball In Play, Best, Best of We, Better Way, Buckle Up, Constructively, Emotions, Eternity, Feelings, Fight, Fights, Hide, Hurt, Legacy, Limits, Little Crazy, Love Is Blind, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pop Psychology, Ricochet, Ride, Said, Step Foward, Strategy, Tapes, Together, Toward, Two of A Kind, We, Words
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First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Every One Who Approaches That Jewel
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” -Patrick Henry (1788)
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Tagged Attention, Every One, First Principles, Guard, Jealous, Jewel, Patrick Henry, Public Liberty, Suspect
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Thought For the Day: I Do Not Think There Is Any Thrill That Can Go Through the Human Heart Like That Felt By The Inventor As He Sees Some Creation of the Brain Unfolding To Success
“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain, Creation, Emotion, Forget, Human Heart, Inventor, Nikola Tesla, Success, Think, Thought For the Day, Thrill
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