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Thought For the Day: We Need Men With Moral Courage To Speak and Write Their Real Thoughts, and To Stand By Their Convictions, Even To the Very Death
“We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
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Tagged Conviction, Death, Mankind, Moral Courage, Real Thoughts, Robert Green Ingersoll, Speak, Thought For the Day, Write
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Every Dog Hunts
Every Dog Huntsby Michael DoyleThere are a lot of lessons we learnWalking through fire, hoping not to burn.There is much that we presumeIn training so that we will not be consumed.There are times that all there is, is the space.It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Burn, Change, Connection, Death, Every Dog, Fire, God, Grace, Hunt, Lesson, Odds, Poetry and Poems, Presumption, Space, Train, Wheels Up, World
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Lizzy Borden III: Seduced By Blood, It Begins
Lizzy Borden III: Seduced By Blood, It Beginsby Michael Doyle”Dandelion tea helps with the clotting,”Said the maid to Lizzy, pleasantly nodding.The phenomena of Victorian senaualityOvercomes the shame of banality.As it were in this ‘Little Death’,A death that leaves the maiden … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Death, Little Death, Lizzy Borden, Maiden, Poetry and Poems, Seduction, Sensuality, Victorian Age
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Unbreaking the Broke
Unbreaking the Broke by Michael DoyleAll victories carry costs incomparable.Some of these are blatantly unbearable.Still, battles against monsters must be wonIf the worst evil is to become undone.Cartel leaders order innocents to death,Without pause, in a sinful breath.Signaling death warrants … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Break, Broke, Cartel, Cost, Death, Death Lords, Death Warrant, Evil, Grave, Monster, Poetry and Poems, Sinful Breath, Vice, Victory, Words
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First Principles: It Matters Not How A Man Dies, But How He lives
“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.” – Samuel Johnson Every day, our lives of reading, thinking, and customs we choose to follow are on display as if a living parade of standards kept, and those … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, First Principles, Legacy, Lives, Mankind, Samuel Johnson, Standards, Wisdom
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A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part I
A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part Iby Michael DoyleEssentially, a hero is someone ordinaryWho is given the chance to be extraordinary.Through whatever set of events or circumstance,He or she has been given this dynamic chance.It’s about rising up to the opportunityAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversaries, Answer, Beginning, Best, Call, Capability, Chapter and Verse, Choice, Chunk of the Universe, Circumstance, Death, Description, Dynamic, Event, Extraordinary, Eyes, Fear, Fight, God, Hero, Journey, Light, Me, Means, Opportunity, Opposition, Ordinary, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Push Forward, Readiness, Recognize, Rising Up, Test, The Rest, Thought, Tomorrow, Unflinching, Villains
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Thought For the Day: Live Your Life That the Fear of Death Can Never Enter Your Heart. Trouble No One About Their Religion; Respect Others In Their View, and Demand That They Respect Yours
“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Death, Fear, Great Divide, Heart, Life, Live, Love, Noble Death Song, Religion, Respect, Service, Tecumseh, Thought For the Day, Trouble, View
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Thought For the Day: Fear Prophets and Those Prepared To Die For the Truth, For As A Rule They Make Many Others Die With Them, Often Before Them, At Times Instead of Them
“Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.” – Umberto Eco
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Tagged Before, Death, Fear, Instead, Prophets, Rule, Thought For the Day, Truth, Umberto Eco, With
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Paradox Is the Puzzle
Paradox Is the Puzzleby Michael DoyleIf we understood the meaning of homeWe’d know that DNA means we’re never alone.We are made in the image of those above,Very few of whom truly believe in love.We were born from death and annihilation.Does … Continue reading
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Tagged Annihilation, Choice of Place, Death, DNA, Erase, Faith, Home, Image, Justce, Life, Love, Paper Chase, Paradox, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Puzzle, Truth, Writing
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First Principles: The Freedom For Which They Died, Must Endure and Prosper…Freedom Is Not Bought Cheaply. It Has A Cost
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just … Continue reading
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Tagged Burden, Cheaply, Commenraate, Cost, Death, Endure, First Principles, Freedom, Give, Lives, Prosper, Ronald Reagan, Sacrifice, United States
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