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First Principles: A Wise and Frugal Government… Shall Restrain Men From Injuring One Another (and) Shall Leave Them Otherwise Leave Them Otherwise Free To Regulate Their Own Pursuits of Industry and Improvement
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
Christmas Lights
Christmas Lightsby Michael DoyleLooking out from the heart of the cityIt’s best to take things with humor so wittyAnd to know that children are our possibilityBecause they still see impossible things with claritySanta doesn’t have one child, he has them … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Better, Carry Your Song, Children, Christmas Lights, City, Clarity, Complete, Everywhere, Gentle Touch, Glide, Heart, Heights, Hello, Humor, Impossible, Life, Looking Out, Love, One Child, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Recall, Santa, Softly Said, Somewhere, Wit, You Belong
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First Principles: An Investment In Knowledge Always Pays the Best Interest
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Best, First Principles, Interest, Investment, Knowledge, Pay
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Thought For the Day: You Never Know When A Moment and A Few Sincere Words Can Have An Impact On A Life
“You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.” – Zig Ziglar
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Tagged Impact, Life, Moment, Never Know, Sincere Words, Thought For the Day, Zig Ziglar
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Pressure Put On Coal
Pressure Put On Coalby Michael DoyleLike a herd of deer comes crashing inFalling like a gift from the skyFalling like snowflakes as it’s Christmas againAnd the angels sing their hallelujah replySnow clouds form again and yet there is no snowStill, … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Air, Angels, Authenticity, Christmas, Coal, Crash, Diamonds, Drift, Fall, Fit the Part, Form, Gift, Given, Glow, Good For the Soul, Hallelujah, Happiness, Hard Pressure, Heart, Herd, Innermost, Integrity, Jolliness, Living, Love, Mirth, Nine Reindeer, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pressure, Said, Sing, Sky, Sleep, Snow, Snow Clouds, Snowflakes, Songs, Truth, Warmth, Within
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First Principles: It Does Not Take A Majority To Prevail… But Rather An Irate, Tireless Minority, Keen On Setting Brush Fires of Freedom In the Minds of Men
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Brushfires, First Principles, Freedom, Irate, Majority, Mankind, Minds, Minority, Prevail, Samuel Adams, Set, Take, Tireless
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Thought For the Day: Elitism, Not Racism, Is the Biggest Obstacle In Overcoming Poverty
“Elitism, not racism, is the biggest obstacle in overcoming poverty.” – Robert Woodson
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Tagged Big, Elitism, Not Racism, Obstacle, Overcome, Poverty, Robert Woodson, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Trust Is the Glue of Life. It’s the Most Essential Ingredient In Effective Communication. It’s the Foundational Principle That Holds All Relationships
“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen Covey
First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties If Anything Partial…Should Infect the Purity of Our Free…and Independent Elections
“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797)
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Tagged Danger, Elections, Extraneous, Fair, First Principles, Free, Independent, Infect, John Adams, Liberties, Lose Sight, Partial, Purity, Selves, Unfaithful, Virtuous
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Every Day Is A Gift
Every Day Is A Giftby Michael DoyleUp in the sky, Santa is comingAcross the roofs, reindeer are runningThe gift of love is wrapped up in youDreamily finding your heart so trueA Christmas song comes to mindAs every day is a … Continue reading
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Tagged A New Gift, Always Be Mine, Blessed, Christmas Song, Dream, Dreaming Of, Every Day, Every Way, Fairy Tale, Fill My Days, Find, Gift, Gift of Love, Given, Glow, Mind, Morning, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious Sight, Reindeer, Roofs, Santa, Shine, Sky, Soul Shift, Stars, To Be Your Man, True, Truth, Turning Out So Right, Wak, Wrapped In Love, Wrapped Up In You, You Can, Your Arms, Your Eyes, Your Heart
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