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Thought For the Day: Humility Will Open More Doors Than Arrogance Ever Will
“Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will.” – Zig Ziglar
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First Principles: In Your Relationships With One Another, Have the Same Mindset As Christ Jesus
Imitating Christ’s Humility “1Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ Jesus, Comfort, Compassion, Encouragement, First Principles, Humilty, In, Interests, Joy, Like-Minded, Love, One Another, Philippians 2:5, Relationship, Same Mindset, Selfish Ambition, Share, Spirit, Tenderness, United, Vain Conceit, Value
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Feels Like Singin’ In the Rain
Feels Like Singin’ In the Rainby Michael DoyleAcross the musicals of American BroadwayThe composers have found a thousand waysTo move our spirits to hurt and to soarAnd they leave us wanting to hear moreAs the songsters lay our souls bare … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Girl, Bouquets, Broadway, Broadway Melody, Composer, Dance, Dream, Explain, Fabric, Feel, Fiddle, Glory, Guide, Happiness, Heart, Hurt, Inscribe, Love, Middle, Montage, Musical, Note, Painted Dolls, Poetry and Poems, Poses, Rain, Rhythm, Romeo and Juliet, Roses, Showtime, Sing, Singin' In the Rain, Snare, Soar, Songster, Soul, Spirit, Stars, Temptation, West Side Story
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First Principles: To Disarm the People…Was the Best and Most Effectual Way to Enslave Them
“To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” - George Mason
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Thought For the Day: Great Countries Need To Secure Their Border For National Security Purposes, For Economic Purposes and For Rule of Law Purposes
“Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.” – Jeb Bush
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Thoughts Looking Back
Thoughts Looking Backby Michael DoyleI do not want to say anything that isn’t trueAt least, that is, from my deepest point of viewI have lived my life in its living, and as a writer,Often seeking to find life a little … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Moments, Bright, Fall, First Admission, Gloss, Happy, Hasty Judgment, Heartbreaks, Horror and Pain, Language, Life, Looking Back, Miles, Mistakes, Mystery and Miracle, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Seek Good, Smiles, Spring, Tell, Thoughts, True, Writer
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First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty; and Nothing Deserves the Name of Law But That Which Is Certain and Universal In Its Operation Upon All the Members of the Community
“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)
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Thought For the Day: Writers, However Mature and Wise, Are Children At Heart
“Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.” – Edna O’Brien
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In A Parisian Crowd
In A Parisian Crowdby Michael DoyleThe French soul Is wrapped around500 year old plumbingLike a lump of coalOn a Christmas dayIt has its significanceAnd at times its magnificenceBut there’s something to sayFor finding other, better waysAnd even the naughty findIt … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquit, Better Ways, Brazen, Breaks Your Fall, Bridge, Christmas Day, Clueless, Coal, Contribution, Controversy, Crowd, Faux Culture, French Soul, French Way, Gaze, Guilty, Habit, Heresy, Honest, Joke, Knife, Lonely, Magnificence, Nude, Numb, Paris, Parisian, Play, Plumbing, Poetry and Poems, Politically Incorrect, Quit, Rightful Place, Say, Significance, Solution, Sranger, Talk, Truth, Wrap
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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man…” – George Washington
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Tagged Character, First Essential, First Principles, George Washington, Good, Important, Learned, Man, Mankind, Moral, Virtuous
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