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Just For Show
Just For Showby Michael DoyleCan you see meWhen I be me?Can you think and feel?How do I know what’s real?Can you see me?Can your love free me?I need to knowIf it’s more than just for showHere on this pageI’m free … Continue reading
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Tagged <e, Cage, Cave, Child's Play, Compel, Dabble, Death's Cage, Demise, Does, Feeling, Flame, Foolishness, Free, Funny, Know, Love, Moth, Name, Page, Peace, Pity, Plato, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Real, Release, Save, Search, See, Show, Stage, Surrender, Think and Feel, Trace, True, Unreachable, Unteachable, Want, Was, Wise
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First Principles: The Natural Flights of the Human Mind Are Not From Pleasure To Pleasure, But From Hope To Hope
“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.” – Samuel Johnson, Rambler No. 1 (March 24, 1750)
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Thought For the Day: The Fingers of Your Thoughts Are Molding Your Face Ceaselessly
“The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.” -Charles Reznikoff, poet (31 Aug 1894-1976)
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Aim, Art of Government, Counselor, Credit, Duty, Fail, First Principles, Great Principles, Honest, Legible, Mankind, People, Reader, Require, Right and Wrong, Self, Think
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Thought For the Day: What You Learn Today, For No Reason At All, Will Help You Discover All the Wonderful Secrets of Tomorrow
“What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.” – Norton Juster
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Tagged Discover, Help, Learn, Norton Juster, Reason, Secrets, Thought For the Day, Today, Tomorrow's News, Wonderful
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Gentleman George
Gentleman Georgeby Michael DoyleIt took a lifetime to forgeThe humility of Gentleman GeorgeWith his best fights fought on his kneesHe is God’s child and aims to pleaseOnce a lion, then a lamb, in doing all thingsHe only gave his second … Continue reading
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Tagged Aim, American Flag, Best Fight, Born Again, Bout, Boxer, Bring, Brutality, Comeback, Dedicate, Dignity, Forge, Frazier, Friend, Friends, Fumble, Gentleman George, George Foreman, God, God's Child, Gold Medal, Humility, Jamaica, Jesus, Jungle, Knees, Lamb, Last Breath, Legendary, Lifetime, Lion, Locker Room, Mercy, Mike Tyson, Morer, Muhammed Ali, Near Death, Nervous Tension, Olympics, Pack A Punch, Please, Poetry and Poems, Punch, Recall, Record, Rope-A-Dope, Sunshine Showdown, Tall, Teach, Tenacity, The Ring, True Man, Very Best, Won, Zaire
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Thought For the Day: Many People Take No Care of Their Money Till They Come Nearly To the End of It, and Others Do Just the Same With Their Time
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)
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Tagged Care, Come, End, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Many People, Money, Same, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: The Consciousness of Having Discharged That Duty Which We Owe To Our Country Is Superior To All Other Considerations
“The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.” – George Washington (1788)
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Tagged Consciousness, Country, Discharge, Duty, First Principles, George Washington, Other Considerations, Superior
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens.” – Joseph Story
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Tagged Citizens, Created, First Princioples, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Spirit, Republics, Virtue
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