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Thought For the Day: The Law, In Its Majestic Equality, Forbids the Rich As Well As the Poor To Sleep Under Bridges, To Beg In the Streets, and To Steal Bread
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” -Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (16 Apr 1844-1924)
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Tagged Anatole Frace, Beg, Bread, Bridges, Equality, Forbid, Majestic, Sleep, Steal, Street, The Law, The Poor, The Rich, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: From Everything That Man Erects and Builds In His Urge For Living, Nothing In My Eyes Is Better and More Valuable Than Bridges
“From everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living, nothing in my eyes is better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Bridges, Build, Crossing, Durable, Erect, Everything, Eyes, Ivo Andric, Living, Thought For the Day, Urge
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Set’s Legacy
A continuing look at Egyptian myth: https://flic.kr/p/rkrr2Y Set’s Legacy by Michael Doyle Only a mad man would steal Those things that a god would conceal Two bridges rigged with traps Cloaked in the veil of mystery wraps All power is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anubis, Banks, Blaze, Blind, Border, Breath, Bridges, Cheat, Clever, Cloak, Conceal, Darkness, Dead, Deal, Death, Deceive, Deception, Deed, Defy, Descend, Ear, Egyptian, End, Eternal, Evil, Eyes, Fame, Fates, Forgiving, Friends, God, Grace, Harshness, Heart, History, Immortality, Journey, Labyrinth, Legacy, Light, Living, Love, Lovers, Mad Man, Mortality, Mystery, Myth, Nile, Nine Gates, Obelisk, Order, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pray, Proclaim, Reverence, Secret, Set, Skies, Smile, Speak, Steal, Strong, Sun, Thousand, Trap, Truth, Two, Undone, Veil, Whisper, Wish, Wound
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The Squishy Sound of Democracy
The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Authoritarian, Bridges, Censorship, Classical Liberalism, Communicate, Conflict, Dangers, Democracy, Disagreeable Voices, Diversity, False Morality, Fascism, Founding Fathers, Free Speech, Freedom, Fundamental, Gaffes, Internet, Margin, Messy, Negotiation, New York Times, Objectivity, Opposition, Perversity, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Reason, Resolution, Riot, Self Responsibility, Social Control, Society, Strangers, Suppression, Times Square, True, Twitter, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: The Best Teachers Act Like Bridges
“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.” – Nikos Kazantzakis, poet and novelist (18 Feb 1883-1957) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, Encouragement, Facilitate, Nikos Kazantakis, Students, Teachers, Thought For the Day, Zorba the Greek
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A Different Sort of Hero
https://flic.kr/p/qUW7Km A Different Sort of Hero by Michael Romani There is a different Sort of hero today We hold just as reverent Those who touch in this way There are those who make us think Taking us right to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, Dream, F-Stop, Hero, Photography, Poetry, Revelation, Touch, Trauma, Trusting, Truth to Power
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