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Tag Archives: Act
Until the Sky Cracks
Until the Sky Cracksby Michael DoyleI get the factThat it’s not an actWhile the sun still glowsYour pessimism growsUntil the sky cracksAlong the back tracksThat play like yesterdayAnd its charades along the wayIt sounds like somethingWe had decided was nothingBrought … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Back Track, Better, Bone, Can't Know, Charades, Cling, Cracks, Dog, Fact, Fear, Glows, Gone, Grows, Know, Left It Alone, Let It Go, Melancholy, Nothing, Passive Aggressive, Pessimism, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Sky, Something, Sun, There, Think, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: This Habit of Forming Opinions, and Acting Upon Them Without Evidence, Is One of the Most Immoral Habits of the Mind
“This habit of forming opinions, and acting upon them without evidence, is one of the most immoral habits of the mind. … As our opinions are the fathers of our actions, to be indifferent about the evidence of our opinions … Continue reading
First Principles: We Are Either A United People, Or We Are Not.
“We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support.” – George Washington … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, All Matters, First Principles, Former, General Concern, George Washington, Nation, National Character, Object, Promote, Support, United People, We
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Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
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Tagged Act, Aristotle, Do, Excellence, Habit, Repeat, Thought For the Day, We
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Thought For the Day: Act As If What You Do Makes A Difference It Does
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James, psychologist (11 Jan 1842-1910)
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Tagged Act, Difference, Does, Make, Thought For the Day, What You Do, William James
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First Principles: The Instrument By Which It (Government) Must Act Is Either the Authority of the Laws or Force. If the First Is Destroyed, the Last Must Be Substituted
“The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Alexander Hamilton, Authority, Destroy, End, First Principles, Force, Government, Instrument, Laws, Liberty, Ordinary Instrument, Substitute
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First Principles: A Constitution Is Not the Act of A Government, But of A People Constituting A Government, and A Government Without A Constitution Is A Power Without Right
“A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
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Tagged Act, Constituting A Government, Constitution, First Principles, Government, People, Power, Rights of Man, Thomas Paine, Without Right
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Thought For the Day: Liberty, Or the Absence of Coercion, Or the Leaving People To Think, Speak, and Act As They Please, Is In Itself A Good Thing
“Liberty, or the absence of coercion, or the leaving people to think, speak, and act as they please, is in itself a good thing. It is the object of a favourable presumption. The burden of proving it inexpedient always lies, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abridge, Absence of Coercion, Act, Burden, Direct, Favorable Presumption, Good Thing, Indirect, Inexpedient, John Morley, Leaving, Liberty, Lies, Object, Speak, Think, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Do You Want To Know Who You Are? Don’t Ask. Act! Action Will Delineate and Define You
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Act, Action, Define, Delineate, Don't Ask, First Principles, Know, Thomas Jefferson, Want, Who You Are?, You
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