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First Principles: Education Is Not Complete Unless We Teach Our Children Not Only How To Read and Write But the Difference Between Right and Wrong
“Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.” – George H. W. Bush
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Tagged Children, Complete, Difference, Education, First Principles, George H. W. Bush, Read and Write, Right and Wrong, Teach
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Thought For the Day: Never Worry About Numbers. Help One Person At A Time, and Always Start With the Person Nearest You
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.”– Mother Theresa
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Tagged Help, Mother Theresa, Numbers, One Person, Person Nearest, Start, Thought For the Day, Time, Worry
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Napoli Treats For Friday Nights
Napoli Treats For Friday Nightsby Michael DoyleMouth watering, the aroma fills the airPrepared by two hands that carePiping hot pizza pie and glasses of red wineNever has Friday night been more divineHumble origins in good old ItalyAre fancy enough for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aroma, Best Advice, Boss, Caloric Content, Cheesy Goodness, Crave, Divine, Every Bite, Friday Night, Friday Nights, Glasses, Humble Origins, Italy, Mouth Watering, Napoli Treats, Pizza Pie, Pizzas, Poetry and Poems, Red Wine, Savory Sauce, Slice of Heaven, Taces, Tasty, Tuesdays
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First Principles: True Peace Rests On the Pillars of Individual Freedom, Human Rights, National Self-Determination, and Respect For the Rule of Law
“When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.” – Ronald Reagan
Thought For the Day: The Free, Exploring Mind of the Individual Human Is the Most Valuable Thing In the World
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Destroy, Direction, Fight, Free, Freedom of the Mind, Indivdiaul, John Steinbeck, Limit, Mind, Thought For the Day, Value, Wish
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In the Whisper of Time’s Sands
In the Whisper of Time’s Sandsby Michael DoyleWe can’t get a lock on the futureWithout knowing our pastWe can’t know what to nurtureIf we don’t know what was once castThe good hunter seeks to rise to the heightAs he sips … Continue reading
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Tagged Cacophony, Cast, Choices, Darkness, Falsity, First, Fool, Future, Good Hunter, Height, Knows All, Light, Lock, Nurture, Obstacles, One's Own Man, Open Mind, Past, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Right, Sight, Thirst, Time's Sands, Voices, Water of Life, Whisper, World
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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It
“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson (1790)
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Tagged Discover, First, First Principles, Governing, Interpretation, James Wilson, Maxim, Meaning, Statute
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Educate Your Children To Be Rich. Educate Them To Be Happy So They Know the Value of Things, Not the Price
“Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.” – Victor Hugo, poet, novelist, and dramatist (26 Feb 1802-1885)
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We Manage To Stand
We Manage To Standby Michael DoyleSunset captures fear’s reflectionAs the kitten meanders in the right directionUnhungry and not seeking some timid mouseBut rather the warmth of the familiar houseOnce the hunter, now the preyThe game of life has danger in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chase, Company, Danger, Drift, Familiar House, Fear, Flood, Fortune, Game of Life, Hunter, Kitten, Manage, Meander, Misery, Mouse, Play, Poetry and Poems, Prey, Reflection, Right Direction, Stand, Sunset, Survival, Sympathy, Trampled Underfoot, Unhungry, Wamth, Water's Flow
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