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Tag Archives: Expectation
In Coming To America
In Coming To Americaby Michael DoyleThere was a great deal of expectancyIn Zeppelin, coming to America urgently.All were ready to see what they’d bring.But only Vanilla Fudge took them under their wing.Perhaps there was a feeling of insurgencyAs John Bonham … Continue reading
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Tagged Album, America, Anticipation, Carmine Appiice, Communication Breakdown, Desire, Energyy, Expectation, Fans, Fiillmore West, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, London, Poetry and Poems, Robert Plant, Supergroup, Track, Vanilla Fudge, Wildfire
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First Principles: Among the Expected Glories of the Constitution, Next To the Abolition of Slavery Was That of Rum
“Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum.” – George Clymer
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Tagged Abolition, Constitution, Expectation, First Principles, George Clymer, Glory, Rum, Slavery
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First Principles: I Am Not Influenced By The Expectation of Promotion or Pecuniary Reward. I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Public Good, Reward, Service, Useful
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First Principles: Don’t Expect To Build Up the Weak By Pulling Down the Strong
“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” – Calvin Coolidge
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Tagged Build Up, Calvin Coolidge, Expectation, First Principles, Pull Down, Strong, Weak
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Thought For the Day: We Need To Move Beyond the Idea That Girls Can Be Leaders and Create the Expectation That They Should Be Leaders
“We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.” – Condoleezza Rice
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Tagged Beyond, Condoleezza Rice, Expectation, Girls, Idea, Leaders, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: The More I Expect, the More Unhappy I Am Going To Be. The More I Accept, the More Serene I Am
“The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.” – Michael J. Fox
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Tagged Accept, Expectation, Michael J. Fox, Serene, Thought For the Day, Unhappy
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First Principles: While Men Inhabiting Different Parts of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold the Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective and Sustain Common Principles
“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce
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Tagged Common Objective, Common Principles, Continent, Expectation, First Principles, Franklin Pierce, Mankind, Opinion, Sustain, United
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To Live In the Law
To Live In the Lawby Michael DoyleWalked into the doctrines of controversyThere is a stiff challenge without heresyDown through God’s good agesThere are debates that readily rageThe dialog should be had with all humilityGracefully admitting a bit of grace and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustment, Ages, Bible, Bonds, Challenge, Christianity, Conscience, Context, Contradictions, Controversy, Debate, Demanding, Dialog, Direction, Discernment, Doctrines, Expectation, Failed Understanding, Faith, Filters and Perceptions, Forgive, Fruit, God, God's Story, Grace and Mercy, Heresy, Humility, Jesus, Law, Live, Marriage, Martin Luther, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Root, Shades of Glory, The Law, Universal, Widow
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Bumping Up Against
Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Better Off, Bleed, Boundaries, Bumping Up Against, Chaos and Contradiction, Choice, Clock, Dedication, Deeper Truths, Despite, Dreams, Edges, Expectation, False Starts, Fear, Find In Our Hearts, Further Sounds, Ghost, Guitars, Hear, Heartbreaks, Higher Grounds, Hours, Ideal, Idols, Ignorance, Incidental Heathens, Lack, Learn, Ledges, Love, Mistakes, New Paths, Note By Note, Out of Bounds, Pain Cuts, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Quest, Reading, Real, Rest, Sense, Settle, Someone Else, Test, Toes, Turn Back, Voice, Wilderness, Wish
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Tempted By Our Sins
Tempted By Our Sinsby Michael DoyleWe explore our levels of intimacyHow we want things for our family There’s something to the craveThat will either break or saveThere’s so much to sayOur expectations will stayLet’s keep to our decisions madeAnd not … Continue reading
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Tagged Afradi, Better, Break, Crash and Burn, Crave, Decision, Expectation, Explore, Family, Give In, Hope, Intimacy, Learn, Levels, Poetry and Poems, Save, Say, Sins, Tempted, Together
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