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Thought For the Day: To Be A Good Writer Be Direct, Clear and Simple First
“Anyone who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” – H.W. Fowler, lexicographer (10 Mar 1858-1933)
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Thought For the Day: May Your Heart Never Harden, Your Temper Never Tire and May You Have A Touch That Never Hurts
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Charles Dickens
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Thought For the Day: The Goal Is To Die Young As Late As Possible
“The goal is to die young as late as possible.“ – George H.W. Bush
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Thought For the Day: Our Children Require Mindful Cultivation To Grow Best
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.” – Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)
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Tagged Attention, Children, Humanity, Jungle, Luther Burbank, Paid, Plants, Thought For the Day, Weeds
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Thought For the Day: To Give Dominion of Yourself To Another Is A Wicked Thing
“To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.” ― Toni Morrison, “A Mercy”
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Thought For the Day: The World Is But A Canvas To the Imagination
“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau
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Thought For the Day: Creativity Is Making the Complicated Awesomely Simple
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”– Charles Mingus
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Thought For the Day: Creativity Is Contagious. Pass It on.
“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein
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Thought For the Day: Peaceful Sleep Comes Because Rough Men Stand Ready To Protect Those Who Sleep
“Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – George Orwell (1903-1950)
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Tagged Beds, Behalf, George Orwell, Mankind, Night, Peace, Rough Men, Sleep, Stand, Thought For the Day, Violence
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First Principles: No Type of Property Is Secure Under Excessive or Inequitable Taxes
“A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.” – James Madison (1792)
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