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It Hardly Counted
It Hardly Counted by Michael DoyleIn all my time in the dreadful warI felt certain of something moreA lot of horrible things occurredLooking back they’ve all blurredThese horrors handled with graceAre the worst, most of us faceTo know that man’s … Continue reading
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Garrulous Excess Canonized
Garrulous Excess Canonizedby Michael DoyleThe poet fought against fame againThinking only of peace found in ZenSeeking quiet life in a monastery But the truth faced turned out contraryDeath on two legs stole no small amountLeaving Cohen with nothing in his … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Amount, Angel, Archangel, Bending Words, Breath, Broken and Lame, Canonized, Catalog, Cohen, Collide, Contrary, Creatures, Dark, Deal, Death, Death On Two Legs, Deity, Disallowed, Emotions, Essence of Fame, Ethics, Excess, Experience, Fame, Game, Generational Divide, Guard, Guitar, Hand, Healer, Heart's Song, Hollywood, Image, Induced, Insight, Light, Monastery, Muse, Numbers, Peace, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Prefrence, Private Failures, Produce, Quiet Life, Reality, Recall, Reduced, Role, Seduce, Songs, Star, Stardom, Sympathy, Symphony, Tall, Truth, Understood, Unwanted Fans, Wealth, Zen
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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind
“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)
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Tagged Against, Amount, Help, John Neal, Kite, Man, Oopposition, Thought For the Day, Wind
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First Principles: No Number of Wreaths, No Amount of Music and Memorializing Will Ever Do Them Justice, But It Is Good For Us That We Honor Them and Their Sacrifice
“No number of wreaths, no amount of music and memorializing will ever do them justice, but it is good for us that we honor them and their sacrifice.”- Ronald Reagan, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication (1982)
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Tagged Amount, First Principles, Good, Honor, Justice, Memorialize, Music, Number, Ronald Reagan, Sacrifice, Wreaths
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Thought For the Day: At Least One Way of Measuring the Freedom of Any Society Is the Amount of Comedy That Is Permitted
“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some … Continue reading
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Tagged Amount, Comedy, Eric Idle, Freedom, Healthy Society, Measure, One Way, Permit, Repress, Satire, Society, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: The Rightness Of A Thing Isn’t Determined By the Amount of Courage It Takes
“The rightness of a thing isn’t determined by the amount of courage it takes.” -Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
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