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Thought For the Day: Drama Is Life With the Dull Bits Left Out. There Is No Terror In the Bang, Only In the Anticipation of It
“Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Anticipation, Audiece, Bang, Drama, Dull Bits, Endurance, Film, Horror, Human Bladder, Length, Life, Min, Screen, Terror, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Each Political Society Should Contribute Such A Share of Their Rights, As Will Form A Common Stock of These Rights, Produce the Largest Quantity of Benefits For Them
“As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock of rights, derive greater benefits, than he could from merely his own; so, in forming a confederation, each … Continue reading
Touching On Rush
Touching On Rushby Michael DoyleThere on the edge of an unknown stageAre those who’ve escaped life’s cage.They’ve chosen patterns of innovation,Stirred by their warp speed imaginations.Well, now, isn’t that a rush?There is and was magic in their touch.They weren’t here … Continue reading
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Tagged Boss, Cage, Egge, Explain, Gone, Imagiination, Innovation, Magic, Moments, Music, Patterns, Play, Play On, Poetry and Poems, Rush, Something To Say, Special Sauce, Sttage, Touch, Writing
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Thought For the Day: Real Stupidity Beats Artificial Intelligence Every Time
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.” – Terry Pratchett
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Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Defeat, Real Stupidity, Terry Pratchett, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: The Dangers of A Concentration of All Power In the General Government of A Confederacy So Vast As Ours Are Too Obvious To Be Disregarded
“The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.” – Franklin Pierce
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Tagged Concentration, Confederacy, Dange, Diisregard, First Prinnciples, Franklin Piierce, General Government, Obviious, Power, Vaast
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Awakened To the Wonder
Awakened To the Wonderby Michael DoyleMy weakness was made strong,Righteousness rises from being wrong.With the trumpet’s soundThe angels came to rebound.Helping make Christ my cornerstone,My heart is full as I atone.Through life’s storms, He came to save,And pulled me out … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Christ, Wonder, Weakness, Strong, Cornerstone, Righteousness, Angels, Awaken, Petry and Poems
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Lifted From Obscurity
Lifted From Obscurityby Michael DoyleTurning my pages with the spirit,There’s a lot of truth, as I hear it.Starting my day in faithful prayer,I find that God is always there.Leaders like Joshua come from obscurity,And they are lifted up to become … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Bible, Dedicatio, Faith, Fulll Attention, God, Hebrew Naton, Jesus, Joshua, Lift, Moses, Obscuriity, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Preparatioin, Right Inention, Service, Spirit, Sun, the Word, Trouble, Trust
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Thought For the Day: A Man Will Be Imprisoned In A Room With A Door That’s Unlocked and Opens Inwards; As Long As It Does Not Occur To Him To Pull Rather Than Push
“A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Tagged Door, Imprsonment, Inward, Ludwiig Wiittgenstein, Open, Peson, Pull, Push, Room, Thought For the Day, Unlocked
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First Principles: I Have Never Advocated War Except As A Means of Peace, So Seek Peace, But Prepare For War. Because War …War Never Changes. War Is Like Winter and Winter Is Coming
“I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war… War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.” – Ulysses S Grant
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Tagged Advocation, Change, First Principles, Means, Peace, Preparation, Ulysses S. Grant, War, Winter
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Thought For the Day: One Reason Why the Church of God At This Present Moment Has So Little Influence Over the World Is Because the World Has So Much Influence Over the Church
“I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.” – Charles Spurgeon
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 