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Thought For the Day: The Master of the Art In Living…Pursues His Vision of Excellence At Whatever He Does, Leaving Others To Decide Whether He Is Working Or Playing
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Both, Distinction, Labor, Leisure, Living, Master, Mind, Play, Thought For the Day, Vision of Excellence, William A. Michener, Work
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First Principles: All Distinctions of Birth Or of Rank Have Been Abolished. All Citizens, Whether Native Or Adopted, Are Placed Upon Terms of Precise Equality
“All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.” – James Polk
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Tagged Abolishment, Adopted, All Citizens, Birth, Distinction, Entitlement, Equality, First Principles, James K. Polk, Native, Percision, Protection, Rank, Rights, Term
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An American Paradox
An American Paradoxby Michael DoyleIt’s always been so much the American wayThat we do as we do not as we often say.An example is found in our national bird,Until recently, we revered it only in words.While we drove to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Agility, American, American Way, Bald Eagle, Distinction, Done Deal, Edge of Extinction, Great Seal, Majestic, National Birdd, Paradox, Poetry and Poems, Powerful Wings, Say, Word
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The Cold Warmth of Economic Cruelty
The Cold Warmth of Economic Crueltyby Michael DoyleWhat is now happiness in its pursuit,Was once the right to own property.Democratic Socialism grows at the roots,While voters forget the tie-in with prosperity.It only needs a little patch of landFrom which the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Cold Warmth, Collective Socialism, Commence, Common Sense, Communism, Crossroads, Death, Distinction, Economic Cruelty, Extinction, Freedom, Government, History, Inseperable, Liberty, Liberty and Property, Marxist Math, Nepotism, Patch of Land, Philosophic, Planned Economies, Politically Capable, Private Property, Property, Property and Poems, Prosperity, Protection, Pursuit of Happiness, Roots, Shelter, The People, Tie-In, Tryanny, Ulterior Pessimism, Voters, Wrongness
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When the Detour Becomes the Intention
When the Detour Becomes the Intentionby Michael DoyleThere is an art to elegant simplicity,Avoiding all that becomes duplicity,We seek to make our lives be lived realWhere the art of meaning meets the feel.Funny moments become the art of distinction,As we … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Destination, Detour, Distinction, Duplicity, Elegant Simplicity, Faith, Feel, Funny Moments, Inclination, Inspiration, Intenttion, Life, Live Real, Mening, Poetry and Poms
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The Wonderous California Coast
The Wonderous California Coastby Michael DoyleWe are escorted by dolphin laughterComing from guardians who are afterThe company that they find in playAlong the bow of our boat, much like yesterdayWhen mighty Calypso sailed the coastal deepsAlong the coral reefs to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alto, Aquarium, Baja, Battle, Beauty, biodiversity, Blind, Blue Planet, Blue Skies, Cacti, California Coast, Calypso, Capacity, Chart, Coastal Deep, Company, Coral Reef, Distinction, Divers, Dolphin, Drops of Water, Efficient, Escort, Existence, Extinction, Fault, Feed, Find, Forest, George Waashington, Guardians, Heart Break, Imperil, Jouney, Kelp Bed, Knowledge, Laughter, Live, Love, Mankind, Mexico, Nature, Noses, Notion, Oblivious, Ocean World, One Water System, Play, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pretense, Protection, San Jose Island, Scarcity, Sea of Cortez, Sequoia, Squid, Sun, Survival, Sustainability, Time, Water, Wonderous, World Apart, Wounded Heart
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Visceral Causes
The fifth and final of the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien. Visceral Causesby Michael DoyleThe visceral causes bits of reactionConnected to the phobias with distinctionA baby born with a visual screamBirthing the nightmare, where might have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby, Birth, Black, Blank Slate, Burn, Cause, Chance, Clouds, Collective Memory, Dance, Darkest Corners, Dedicate, Distinction, Dreams, Escape, Essence, Frequency, Future, Height of Creativity, Hollywood, Human Beings, Inside, Inter-Connection, Learn, Lessons, Linear Direction, Mother, Name, Nightmare, No Limits, Nuance, Pass, Past, Phobia, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Reaction, Reactivity, Reality, Remaining, Sand, Screen, Self-Destruction, Shadow, Shapes, Thoughts, Unknown, Visceral, Visual Scream, Window, World
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First Principles: We Should Look Upon the Different Parts of Government With A Just and Impartial Eye
“In observations on this subject, we hear the legislature mentioned as the people’s representatives. The distinction, intimated by concealed implication, through probably, not avowed upon reflection, is, that the executive and judicial powers are not connected with the people by … Continue reading
