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First Principles: If We Mean To Have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, We Should Have Learned Women
“If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Benefit, Deepest Root, Early, Education, First Principles, Heroes, Instill, Learned Women, Literary, Philoosphers, Sentiment, Statesmen, We, Women, Youth
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Thought For the Day: One Child, One Teacher, One Book and One Pen Can Change the World
“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
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Tagged Book, Change, Child, Malala Yousafzai, One, Pen, Teacher, World
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The Metrics of Notoriety
Social media. .. is it a blessing or a bane? https://flic.kr/p/robQzR The Metrics of Notoriety by Michael Doyle Looking over your shoulder For a glimpse inside your mind Feeling so much bolder Often surprised by what I find Interaction at … Continue reading
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Tagged Apart, Bane, Blessing, Bold, Bottomless Scroll, Choice, Compromise, Core, Cuff, Define, Design, Enough, Far, Glimpse, Guiding Star, Heart, Improvise, Line, LoopControl, Love, Metric, Miles, Notoriety, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shoulder, Social Media, Stoop, Surprise, Toe, Together, Voice, You
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Souls On the Line
Ever had that moment when you suddenly knew that however scary love is, you had met your forever in the eyes of the one you love? Souls On the Line by Michael Doyle My soul is on the line Wanting … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Baby, Beautiful, Believe, Best of Love, Better, Beyond, Blind, Bliss, Broken, Choose, Clever, Dare, Doubt, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Feeling, Find, Forever, Happiness, Heart, Inside, Kind, Know, Life, Line, Love, Marking Time, Mind, Mine, Moment, Much, Must, Our, Out, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Puzzle, Reach, Real, Room, Soul, Spoken, Sublime, Surreal, Together, Touch, Travel, Trust, Want, Wonder, Words
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First Principles: Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obedience To God
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, God, Obedience, Rebellion, Tyrants
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Thought For the Day: Fill Your Mind With Prayer Or It Fills With Anxiety, Worry, Temptation, Resentment and Unwelcome Memories
“If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.” – Scott Hahn
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Tagged Anxiety, Fill, Mind, Prayer, Resentment, Scott Hahn, Temptation, Thought For the Day, Unwelcome Memories, Worry
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Laurel Canyon Vibe
The 60s Los Angeles music scene was a very special time. I would love to have been there to seen all that talent in one place. https://flic.kr/p/vD253D Laurel Canyon Vibe by Michael Doyle There was an avalanche of sound That … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s, Ask, Association, Avalanche, Blur, Canyon, Cascade, Clear, Collaboration, Dream, Echo, Fantasy, Feeling, Find, Flow, Garden, Geometry, Good Day, Guitar Licks, Happening, Harmony, Heart, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, Love, Melody, Music Scene, Notes, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Question, Rain, Reeling, Reiteration, Reverberation, Rock N Roll, Sense, Soul, Sound, Street Corner, Street Light, Talent, Task, Urge, Urgency, Vibe, Vibration, What, When
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Seeing To See
What if God walked among us today? What if wasn’t if? He does… Seeing To See by Michael Doyle So that seeing They may not see In the being Of supreme divinity A look into His eyes May bring grace … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Around, Being, Beyond, Blindness, Desire, Divinity, Embrace, Eyes, Found, God, Grace, Harshness, Kindness, Known, Look, Matter, Nature, Photograph, Plenty, Poem, Poetry, Prayers, Reason, Recognize, Season, See, Seeing, Shown, Supreme, Times, Trouble
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Thought For the Day: Trust, Honesty, Humility, Transparency and Accountability Are the Building Blocks of A Positive Reputation. Trust Is the Foundation of Any Relationship
“Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.” – Mike Paul
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Tagged Accountability, Building Block, Foundation, Honesty, Humility, Mike Paul, Positive, Relationship, Reputation, Thought For the Day, Transparency, Trust
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First Principles: Political Parties May Answer Popular Ends But With the Course of Time Allow Unprincipled Persons To Usurp the Reins of Government
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ages, Ambitious, Countries, Despotism, Dissension, Dominion, Engines, Faction, Farewell Address, First Principles, George Washington, Government, Political Parties, Popular Ends, Power, Reins, Revenge, Spirit, Subert, The People, Time, Unjust, Unprincipled, Usurp
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