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Thought For the Day: A Bookstore Is One of the Only Pieces of Evidence We Have That People Are Still Thinking
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.” – Jerry Seinfeld, comedian (b. 29 Apr 1954)
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First Principles: Every Actual State Is Corrupt. Good Men Must Not Obey Laws Too Well.
“Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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Thought For the Day: I May Not Agree With What You Say, But To the Death I will Defend Your Right To Say It
“I may not agree with what you say, but to the death I will defend your right to say it.” -Voltaire (1694-1778)
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First Principles: Newspapers…Serve As Chimneys To Carry Off Noxious Vapors and Smoke
“Newspapers … serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Tagged Carry Off, Chimneys, First Principles, Newspapers, Noxious, Smoke, Thomas Jefferson, Vapors
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Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscure
Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscureby Michael DoyleToday’s walkFilled with historyFootsteps fallenIn the silent cemeteryMelancholy and forlornThis modern world Needs some of the ringlornTo realize, everyday is a questHarmless decision pointsLead to the agnosthesiaWords spoken and unspokenHold their forms of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Absolution, Agnosthesia, Amnesia, Baby, Calls, Cemetery, Cure, Decision Points, Dormant, Everyday, Fall, Footsteps, Forlorn, Forms, Ghost, Harmless, History, Lead, Lilo, Melancholy, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, No Tomorrow, Obscure, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Ringlorn, Silent, Silo, Some, Sorrow, Tears, Today, Tombstone, Vision, Walk, Words
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Thought For the Day: Freedom To Differ Is Not Limited To Things That Do Not Matter Much. That Would Be A Mere Shadow of Freedom.
“Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Differ, Freedom, Justice Robert H. Jackson, Limited, Matter, Right, Shadow, Substance, Test, Thought For the Day, Touch the Heart
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First Principles: There Is A Rank Due to the United States, Among Nations, Which Will Be Withheld, If Not Absolutely Lost, By the Reputation of Weakness
“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.” – George Washington (1793)
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Tagged Absolutely Lost, Among Nations, First Principles, George Washington, Rank Due, Reputation, United States, Weakness, Withheld
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Na/GloPoWriMo #26: This Is Just To Play
Na/GloPoWriMo #26: This Is Just To Playby Michael Doyle (in nod to William Carlos Williams)As a mirrorTo this modernityI look aroundAt the visual syntaxSeen as it connectsIn this living roomTo say whichPragmatically Beyond the messCoveringThe roominessAsking that you forgive meFor … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond, Cold, Connects, Cover, Delicious, Forgive Me, Just To Play, Living Room, Look Around, Malicious, Mirror, Modernity, Na/GloPoWriMo, Poetry and Poems, Pragmatically, Revenge Served, Roominess, Say, Sweet, Visual Syntax
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