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Thought For the Day: One Who Condones Evils Is Just As Guilty As the One Who Perpetrates It

“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

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Thought For the Day: One May Have A Blazing Hearth In One’s Soul, and Yet No One Ever Comes To Sit By It

“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” – Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)

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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Advance the Swimming Abilities of Ducks By Throwing the Eggs In the Water

“One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.” – Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887)

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)

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Thought For the Day: Ten Million Ignorances Do Not Constitute One Knowledge

“Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.” – Clemens von Metternich (1773-1859)

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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of Others

“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” -William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)

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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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There’s Maybe Nothing Better

There’s Maybe Nothing Betterby Michael DoyleThere is maybe nothingThat could be any betterHowever bright or gloomyThe day has turned the weatherThan spending this Sunday afternoonWatching dreams with my daughtersHearts overflowing with joy soonWatching Rudolph with their fatherThere’s nothing like a … Continue reading

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek the Truth and Pursue It Steadily

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)

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