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First Principles: The Best Way To Predict the Future Is To Create It

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

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Eyes On the Future

Eyes On the Futureby Michael DoyleThere will be seasons of favor.These times are the times to savor.Calling our minds toward the future,And thinking about what to nurture.The prophet Jeremiah spent his yearsBringing the Israelis through their tearsTo bravely come all … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life. And Those Who Look Only To the Past Or Present Are Certain To Miss the Future

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy

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Thought For the Day: We Are Made Wise Not By the Recollection of Our Past, But By the Responsibility For Our Future

“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Learn From the Past To Profit By the Present, and From the Present, To Live Better In the Future

“Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.” – William Wordsworth

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Verses of the Illuminati, Part IV: Leading From the Past

Verses of the Illuminati, Part IV: Leading From the Pastby Michael DoyleOur ruling elites are leading from the pastBelieving themselves worthy of power that will last.Stalking fear through capitalism for new technology,It’s the sweet path to shaping the future from … Continue reading

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First Principles: Let Us Not Seek the Republican Answer Or the Democratic Answer, But the Right Answer. Let Us Not Seek To Fix the Blame For the Past. Let Us Accept Our Own Responsibility For the Future

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy

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Voice Sang Soft

Voice Sang Softby Michael DoyleYour voice sang softly like a melody.It’s hard to say what it did to me.Then and there from the very start,Your love was gentle, blooming in my heart.Your smile might be your special power,As it captivated … Continue reading

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Tomorrow’s Children

Tomorrow’s Childrenby Michael DoyleBy a leap of faith, we look into the futureLearning what there is to know and nurture.But the best of yet to come, so it seems,Belongs to those who believe in their dreams.I’ve spoken, often, of the … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is By A Thorough Knowledge of the Whole Subject That People Are Enabled To Judge Correctly of the Past and To Give Proper Direction To the Future

“It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.” – James Monroe

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