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Thought For the Day: Love Is Never Lost. If Not Reciprocated, It Will Flow Back and Soften and Purify the Heart
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” -Washington Irving, writer (3 Apr 1783-1859)
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In Moving Pictures
In Moving Picturesby Michael DoyleDrawing on our life’s experienceThere are characters of preference.They serve as molds of imagination.So much of life is pure improvisation.The charm that got us byAs we hustled to give life our try.The shots of the frame-by-frameAre … Continue reading
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Tagged Artistry, Behind, Blow By Blow, Brilliance, Brothers, Brutality, Bullets, Characters, Charm, Chemistry, Cinematic Magic, Dalliance, Deep Dive, Differently, Divine Spark, Draw, Experiment, Fashion of Truth, Feel, Fifty Years, Frame, Friendship, Game, Glory, Grown, Heart, Humility, Hustle, Imagaination, Improvisation, Inspiration, Knights, Known, Life, Life's Experience, Light, Light From Dark, Lights, Love, Mind, Mold, Moving Pictures, Night, Okay, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Pushing Forward, Real, Reverently, Score, Shots, Sin, Sixteen, Spirituality, Story, Switchblade Knife, Visceral, Well, Writing
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First Principles: Providence Has Given To Our People the Choice of Their Rulers, and It Is the Duty, As Well As the Privilege of Our Christian Nation To Select and Prefer Christians For Their Rulers
Almost all nations have peace or war at the will and pleasure of rulers whom they do not elect, and who are not always wise or virtuous. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Christian Nation, Christians, Duty, Elect, First Principles, Interest, John Jay, Nation, Peace, Privilege, Providence, Rulers, Select and Prefer, The People, Virtuous, War, Will and Pleasure
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Thought For the Day: The Best Inheritance A Parent Can Give His Children Is A Few Minutes of His Time Each Day
“The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” – Orlando Aloysius Battista
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Tagged Best Inheritance, Children, Each Day, Minutes, Orlando Aloysius Battista, Parent, Thought For the Day, Time
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Mean Street Struggles
Mean Street Strugglesby Michael DoyleThe top tier of all artistryHas the flow found in living free.The struggle and hustle of the cityHas the habit of instilling its vibrancyThat grinds against the boneIn a way that makes each soul its own.New … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Day, Artists, Before, Bone, Cinema, Closer To Love, Corruption, Differently, Disruption, Door, Fight, Flow, Forgotten, Fragments, Full Price, Ghost, Glimpses, Greater, Grinds, Habit, History, Ideals, Illumination, Imagination, Immigrants, Learn, Living Free, Mean Street, More, Neighborhood, New York City, Opportunities, Own, Perception, Poetry and Poems, Primeval, Push and Shove, Revere, Reverent, Rival, Scenery, Second Generation, Seen, Soul, Store, Struggle and Hustle, Struggles, Sum of Sacrifice, Survival, Survivors, Sympathy, The City, Top Toer, Tribabl, True Mystery, Up and Coming, Visitor
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First Principles: It Is Not From the Benevolence of the Butcher, the Brewer, Or the Baker That We Expect Our Dinner, But From Their Regard To Their Own Interest
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” – Adam Smith
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Tagged Adam Smith, Baker, Benevolence, Brewer, Butcher, Dinner, Expect, First Principles, Own Interest, Regard
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Thought For the Day: What the Caterpillar Calls the End of the World The Master Calls A Butterfly
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.” – Richard Bach
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love Will Have the Final Word In Reality. This Is Why Right, Temporarily Defeated, Is Stronger Than Evil Triumphant
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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Tagged Defeat, Evil, Final Word, Martin Luther King Jr., Reality, Right, Strong, Temporary, Thought For the Day, Triumph, Unarmed Truth, Uncoditional Love
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First Principles: Do Not Be Overcome By Evil, But Overcome Evil With Good
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” – Romans 12:21
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Tagged Evil, First Principles, Good, Overcome, Romans 12:21 NIV
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