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Thought For the Day: Precision of Communication Is Important, More Important Than Ever, In our Era of Hair-Trigger Balances
“Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair-trigger balances, when a false, or misunderstood, word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.” – James Thurber
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Tagged Balance, Communication, Create, Disaster, False, Hair-Trigger, Important, James Thurber, Misunderstood, Precision, Thought For the Day, Thoughtless Act, Word
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First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy, Such An Anarchy That Every Man Will Do What is Right In His Own Own Eyes
“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged An Essay on Man's Lust For Power, Anarchy, Beauty, Capricious Will, Cruelty, Degenerate, Democracy, Every Man, First Principles, Intellectual Abilities, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Moral Virtues, One, Own Eyes, Powers, Property, Reputation, Science, Secure, Very Few, Wanton Pleasures, Wealth, Wit
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First Principles: The Battle, Sir, Is Not the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Convention, 1775
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Thought For the Day: As For Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord
“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amorites, Choose, Forefathers, Gods, Joshua 24:15, Land, Me, River, Serve, The Lord, Thought For the Day, Undesirable, We
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Magical Realism
Magical Realismby Michael DoyleArt and thought are productsOf their own serial momentsPop culture and serious artAre both expressions of the heartTugged down into the complex mazeOf primeval strugglesBetween those who naval gazeAnd those who merely bungleMagical realism shines its conceitAs … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Accepted Mystery, Art and Thought, Aspirations, At Home, Bungle, Conceit, Concrete Paths, Conspiracy Theorists, Deceit, Deduction, Devastation, Discarded History, Electric Salon, Ethics, Fantasy of Life, Fascination, Flaky, Flow, Geography, Habitual, Half Shaped, Heart, Housewives, Lack, Landscape, Lives, Magical Realism, Maze, Modernity, Narrative, Naval Gaze, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pop Culture, Primeval, Products, Representation, Romantic, Seduction, Serial Moments, Serious Art, Ships, Show, Spiritual, Story Engine, Tugged Down, Universe
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On the Futility of Revenge
On the Futility of Revengeby Michael DoyleLife it seemsBeyond its dreamsIs a transitory questionBest approached with hesitationCareful of curtains hungEqually as so with songs unsungAbout the wrongs we wish to avengeFor such things bring their own revengeOften these cut both … Continue reading
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Tagged Avenge, Backs, Curtains, Danger, Darkness, Days, Dreams, Duel, Friends, Futility, Gone, Good Intent, Hesitation, Honor, Life, Light, Lost, Move On, Petty Acts, Poetry and Poems, Points Scored, Poison, Restore, Revenge, Songs, Stranger, Transitory Question, Wall, Wrong, Wrongs
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First Principles: If Men Were Angels, No Government Would Be Necessary
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great … Continue reading
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Tagged Administer, Angels, Control, Difficulty, Enable, External, First Principles, Frame, Governed, Government, Internal, James Madison, Men, Necessary, Oblige
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First Principles: The Natural Progress of Things Is For Liberty To Yield and Government To Gain Ground
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to E. Carrington, 1788
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Tagged First Principles, Gain Ground, Government, Liberty, Natural, Progress, Thomas Jefferson, Yield
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Thought of the Day: Your Time Is Limited, So Don’t Waste It Living Someone Else’s Life
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner … Continue reading
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Tagged Become, Courage, Dogma, Everything Else, Heart, Important, Inner Voice, Intuition, Know, Life, Limited, Living, Noise, Opinions, Result, Secondary, Someone Else, Steve Jobs, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Waste, Your Time
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