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Thought For the Day: Let Us Be Grateful To the People Who Make Us Happy; They are the Charming Gardeners Who Make Our Souls Blossom
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
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Tagged Blossom, Charming Gardeners, Grateful, Happy, Marcel Proust, People, Soul, Thought For the Day
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In A Brilliance of Fireworks
In A Brilliance of Fireworksby Michael DoyleFireworks, in their vivid display,Go far to celebrate our Independence Day.Shattering the skies from their darkness,Their joy removes any sense of harshness.Their radiating sparkle is a striking displayThat brings something special to our day.Up … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Brilliance, Darkness, Display, Faith, Fireworks, History, Independence Day, Joy, Poetry and Poems, Skies, Sparkle, Travel
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Thought For the Day: Constantly Think About How You Could Do Things Better and Questioning Yourself
“I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” – Elon Musk
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Tagged Advice, Constant, Doing Things Better, Elon Musk, Question, Think, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Strongest Reason For the People To Retain Their Right To Keep and Bear Arms Is As A Last Resort To Protect Themselves Against Tyranny In Government
“The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” Thomas Jefferson, in the Draft of the Virginia Constitution (June 1776)
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Tagged First Principles, Government, Keep and Bear Arms, Last Resort, Ptotect, Retain, Right, Strongest Reason, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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Humanity’s Eclipse
Humanity’s Eclipseby Michael DoyleIt seems worthy of recallThat none of us has a crystal ball.We might want to see what’s next,But the best we have is what connects.Will it be humanity’s eclipse – As we fall before a robot apocalypse?Or … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artist, Arts, Capable, chatgpt, Choice, Complicity, Connect, Creative, Crystal Bal, Dues, Eclipse, Efficient, Electricity, Embrace, Enchancement, Exist, Fate, Fear, Feeling, Fire, Fools, Future, Humanity, Indirect, Indulge, Inevitable, Lean, Luddites, Machine, Mankind, Messiness, Mistake, Next, Nurture, Open Doors, Organic Goo, Partners, Perfect, Poetry and Poems, Predictive Alogorithms, Primordial Ooze, Replace, Replacement, Resist, Robot Apocalypse, Superlative, Technology, Tools, Wall, Wayside, Writer, Writing
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Thought For the Day: Patience and Time Do More Than Strength and Passion
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.” – Jean de la Fontaine
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Tagged Jean de la Fontaine, Passion, Patience, Strength, Thought For the Day, Time
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The Truth About Power
The Truth About Powerby Michael DoyleThe edges of rationality tatterWhile the People determine what matters.If there is one thing needed to learned,It’s the limits of power properly discerned.When a jaded politician wants to steal the hour,Maybe it’s best to show … Continue reading
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Tagged Agitation, Another's Complaint, Capital, Civic Stewardship, Congress, Edge, Grave, Hour, Jaded Politicians, Learn, Limits of Power, Matters, Oxygen, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Power, Rationality, Singularity, Test, The People, Truth, Understand, Washington, Wreath
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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tagged Alexis de Todqueville, American, Bribe, Congress, Endure, First Principles, Public, Public's Money, Republic
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Thought For the Day: Secrecy Is the Keystone of All Tyranny. Not Force, But Secrecy…Censorship
“I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy…censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Church, Forbidden, Force, Government, Holy, Keystone, Know, Motives, Oppression, Revolt In 2100 (1953), Robert A. Heinlein, Secrecy, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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