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Played On and On
Played On and Onby Michael Doyle I always wonderedWhat tomorrow would bringAs I charged aheadDoing my best at everything And though I’ve made big mistakesI did my best at everythingFingers bled into these heartachesListening to the others sing Please don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Best, Contrary, Cry, Endeavor, Extraordinary, Forever, Forget, Goodbye, Heartaches, Lipstick Trace, Memories, Mistakes, Night, On and On, Played, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Tomrrow, Years
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Thought For the Day: If You Are A Believer, You Are ‘In Christ’…Fellowship Is Not Optional
“If you are a believer, you are ‘in Christ,’ which means that you are also in ‘the Body of Christ’ (1 Corinthians 12:27). It also means you are to be engaged with the people of God — fellowship is not … Continue reading
First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power; and Power, Lodged As It Must In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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Tagged Abuse, Essence, Government, Henry Cabot Lodge, Human Hands, James Madison, Liable, Power
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Thought For the Day: Comedy Is Under Attack Because It Is Probably the Last Bastion of Truly Free Speech
“Comedy is under attack because it is probably the last bastion of truly free speech.” – Anthony Brian Logan
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Tagged Anthony Brian Logan, Attack, Comedy, Free Speech, Last Bastion, Probably, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Do Not Pervert Justice; Do Not Show Partiality To the Poor Or Favoritism To the Great, but Judge Your Neighbor Fairly
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” – Leviticus 19:15
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Tagged Fair, Favoritism, First Principles, Judge, Justice, Leviticus 19:15, Neighbor, Partiality, Pervert, Poor, The Great
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Thought For the Day: Death Tugs At My Ear and Says, ‘Live, I Am Coming’
“Death tugs at my ear and says, ‘Live, I am coming.’” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (8 Mar 1809-1894)
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Tagged Death, Ear, Live, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thought For the Day, Tug
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First Principles: No Wall of Words, No Mound of Parchment Can Be So Formed As To Stand Against the Sweeping Torrent of Boundless Ambition…Aided By Corrupted Morals
“No Wall of words, no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other.” – George Washington
Thought For the Day: I See Men Ordinarily More Eager To Discover A Reason For things Than To Find Out Whether Things Are So
“I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether things are so.” – French philosopher Michel De Montaigne (1532-1592)
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Tagged Discover, Eager, Find Out, Men, Michel de Montaigne, Ordinary, Reason, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth – and Listen To the Song of That Syren, Till She Transforms Us Into Beasts
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle … Continue reading
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Tagged Apt, Beasts, Ears, Eyes, First Principles, Painful Truth, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Struggle for Liberty, Temporal Salvation, Wise Men
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