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First Principles: Yesterday Is Not Ours To Recover, But Tomorrow Is Ours To Win Or Lose
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Tagged First Principles, Lose, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Ours, Recover, Tomorrow, Win, Yesterday
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The World Changes (Waiting On You)
The World Changes (Waiting On You)by Michael DoyleThere’s no doubt about it,Whether we whisper or shout it.It’s always so good to be home,Even when we’re there alone.You share your love among fans and friends,Quietly or loudly until the music ends.You … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Alone, Broken Love, Change, Crazy Ways, Desire, Direction, Dissagree, Doubt, End, Faith, Fans and Friends, Feeling, Fire, Free, Good, Grave, Heats of Darkness, Home, Know, Left Standing, Life, Loud, Love, Music, On the Road, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Reel, Rreason, Sad and Deep, Seasons, Share, Shout, Show, Song, Sorrow, Spotlight, Tomorrow, Too Long, Truth, Wait, Whisper, Wonder, World, Writing
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First Principles: Let Us Not Seek the Republican Answer Or the Democratic Answer, But the Right Answer. Let Us Not Seek To Fix the Blame For the Past. Let Us Accept Our Own Responsibility For the Future
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Answer, Blame, Democratic, First Principles, Fix, Future, John F. Kennedy, Past, Repoulican, Responsibility, Seek
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Thought For the Day: People Are Always Talking On Their Phones, Or Looking At Their Phones, Because They Don’t Want To Be Alone With Their Thoughts
“People are always talking on their phones, or looking at their phones, because they don’t want to be alone with their thoughts.” – Martin Amis
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Tagged Alone, Look, Martin Amis, People, Phones, Talk, Thought, Thought For the Day
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Death Revealed Truths
Death Revealed Truthsby Michael DoyleWe don’t get more real than with death.The feeling of this stays until the last breath.If you’re not prepared to succumb and die,We need to focus on the how and the why.If you’re not ready for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Breath, Christianity, Death, Die, Faith, Flame, Focus, God, Gulf, Jesus, Live, Poetry and Poems, Revelation, Shadow, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Our Greatest Weakness Lies In Giving Up. The Most Certain Way To Succeed Is Always To Try Just One More Time
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
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Tagged Certain Way, Giving up, Great, Just One More Time, Succeed, Thomas Edison, Thought For the Day, Try, Weakness
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First Principles: After Desire Has Conceived, It Gives Birth To Sin; and Sin, When It Is Full-Grown, Gives Birth To Death
“After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” – James 1:15 NIV
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Tagged Birth, Conceive, Death, Desire, First Principles, Full-Grown, James 1:15 NIV, Sin
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What To Make of Gifts
What To Make of Giftsby Michael DoyleThe season is almost upon us for givingYearly, as it is, in an average living. It has always been better to give than receive.This much, to be certain, I truly believe.The things of love, … Continue reading
First Principles: Every Step We Take Towards Making the State Our Caretaker of Our Lives, By That Much We Move Toward Making the State Our Master
“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Tagged Caretaker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Every Step, First Principles, Lives, Our Master, The State
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