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Thought For the Day: When We Invest In Women and Girls, We Are Investing In the People Who Invest In Everyone Else
“When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.” – Melinda Gates Let’s not forget how to define one of our nation’s and, indeed, the world’s greatest treasures and resources, right?
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First Principles: The Question Is Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man, But How They May Be Most Equally and Effectually Guarded In Society
“The question is not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman
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What Do Critics Know?
What Do Critics Know?by Michael DoyleCritics are those with little ability,Often bashing those with greater capability.While the talented few find their success good,It’s a confusing arrangement seldom understood.Those without skill find talent self-indulgent,And seldom suffer to give others acknowledgment.Unimaginative translates … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Acknowledgment, Capability, Critics, Dazed and Confused, Harmonics, Imrpovisation, Intensity, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Music, Pay To Play, Performers, Poetry and Poems, reviews, Robert Plant, Rock, Self-Induldgent, Success, Talented Few, The Rolling Stone Magazine, Unimaginative, Violin Bow, Writing
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Thought For the Day: I Have Always Been Delighted At the Prospect of A New Day, A Fresh Try, One More Start, With Perhaps A Bit of Magic Waiting Somewhere Behind the Morning
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. – J.B. Priestley
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First Principles: Your First Great Duties, You Are Sensible, Are Those You Owe to Heaven, To Your Creator and Redeemer. Let These Be Ever Present To Your Minds
“Your first great duties, you are sensible, are those you owe to Heaven, to your Creator and Redeemer. Let these be ever present to your minds, and exemplified in your lives and conduct.” – William Samuel Johnson, one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creator, Example, First, First Principles, Great Duty, Heaven, Mind, Mind and Body, Present, Redeemer, Sensible, William Samuel Johnson
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Thought For the Day: Nature Alone Cures…What Nursing Has To Do…Is To Put the Patient In the Best Condition For Nature To Act Upon Him
“Nature alone cures… what nursing has to do … is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.” – Florence Nightingale
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First Principles: Honor, Justice, and Humanity Call Upon Us To Hold, and To Transmit To Our Posterity, That Liberty Which We Received From Our Ancestors
“Honor, justice, and humanity call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, First Principles, Honor, Humanity, John Dickinson, Justice, Liberty, Posterity, Transmission
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Consistency
Consistencyby Michael DoyleStepped into His presence,I stumble at His essence.Feeling humbled and weak,There are times I cannot speak.Stumbled by His integrity,Here then is the consistency.And I know He is the allOf all the truth that I recall.I offer my love … Continue reading
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Tagged Truth, Integrity, Stumble, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence, Days, Step, Word, Speak, Consistency, Humbled and Weak, The All, Love and Praise
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Art In the World Is the Art of Storytelling
“The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.” – Cecil B. DeMille
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First Principles: The Constitution Enjoins An Oath Upon All the Officers of the United States. This Is A Direct Appeal To That God Who Is the Avenger of Perjury
“The Constitution enjoins an oath upon all the officers of the United States. This is a direct appeal to that God Who is the avenger of perjury. Such an appeal to Him is a full acknowledgment of His being and … Continue reading
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Tagged Avenger, Being, Direct Appeal, First Principles, Full Acknowledgment, God, Oath, Officers, Oliver Wolcott, Perjury, Providence, The Constitution, United States
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