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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is Truly the Grecian Horse To A Republic. We Cannot Be Too Careful To Exclude Its Influence
“Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” – Alexander Hamilton (1793)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Careful, Exclude, First Principles, Foreign Influence, Grecian Horse, Influence, Republic, True
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Ask Me Who’s Influenced Me. A Lion Is Made Up of the Lambs He’s Digested, and I’ve Been Reading All My Life
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life”. – Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate (13 Mar 1900-1971)
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Tagged All My Life, Ask, Digest, Giorgos Seferis, Influence, Lion, Lions, Made Up, Read, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: For Me, Words Are A Form of Action, Capable of Influencing Change
“For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.” -Ingrid Bengis, writer and teacher (1944-2017)
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Tagged Action, Capable, Change, Form, Influence, Ingrid Bngis, Me, Thought For the Day, Words
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Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruitby Michael DoyleLove of witchcraft presents the evidenceThat the ability to influence is no coincidenceAs they open up evil, door by doorAnd find a craven audience wanting moreThe portal to desires some wish to exploreOpen up to all, beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged Amuse, Audience, Beginning, Blame, Charade, Charm, Child's Play, Children, Coincidence, Contract, Craven, Danger, Delicious, Desire, Device, Door, Door By Door, End of Days, Engage, Enslave, Evidence, Evil, Explore, Forbidden Fruit, Freedom, Fright, Game, Grandmaster, Ground Floor, Hidden, Holy Advice, Ignore, Influence, Innocence, Intuit, Knock, Lie, Light, Lost, Masses, Messengers, Multiple Ways, Night, Perceive, Pleasurable, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Portal, Question, Run, Scatter, Secret, Shadow, Sudden, Task, Taste, Treasure, Witchcraft, Wonder
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Thought For the Day: The Influence of Each Human Being On Others In This Life Is A Kind of Immortality
“The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.” -John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US (11 Jul 1767-1848)
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Tagged Each, Fires, Human Being, Immortality, Impossibilities, Influence, John Quincy Adams, Kind, Life, Mankind, Mission, Move, Others, Soul, Thought For the Day, Vanish
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First Principles: If Individuals Be Not Influenced By Moral Principles; It Is In Vain To Look For Public Virtue
“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading
Forbidden Colors
Forbidden Colorsby Michael DoyleIn the forbidden colors of the sheltering skySome composers aren’t discussed until they dieRyūichi Sakamoto opened the door to an energy flowThat began with Debussy and would ebb and flowOf the Yellow Magic Orchestra in all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Articulation, Butterfly Kiss, Composer, Debussy, Delicate and Pensive, Ebb and Flow, Elixir, Emotion, Energy Flow, Film Score, Forbidden Colors, Hip-Hop, Immortality, Influence, Layers, Linger, Mangle, More, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sheltering Sky, Startle, Techno, Tnagle, War, Water's Edge, Worldbeat, Yellow Magic Orchestra
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