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Thought For the Day: As You Grow Older, You Will Discover That You Have Two Hands, One For Helping Yourself and the Other For Helping Others

“For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.For poise, walk with … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Older I Get the Less I Listen To What People Say and the More I Look At What They Do

“The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.” – Andrew Carnegie

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Thought For the Day: When You Want To Help People, You Tell Them the Truth. When You Want To Help Yourself, You Tell Them What They Want To Hear

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” – Thomas Sowell Happy Birthday to Mr. Sowell!!

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Thought For the Day: People Make A Grievous Error Thinking That A List f Facts Is the Truth. Facts Are Just the Bare Bones Out of Which Truth Is Made

“People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.” – Shelby Foote

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First Principles: A People Who Mean To Be Free Must Be Prepared To Meet Danger In Person, and Not Rely Upon the Fallacious Protection of Armies

“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies” – Edmund Randolph

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Thought For the Day: People Demand Freedom of Speech As A Compensation For the Freedom of Thought Which They Seldom Use

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” – Soren Kierkegaard

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Thought For the Day: The Fact That Millions of People Share the Same Vices Does Not Make These Vices Virtues

“The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share … Continue reading

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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance; and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors Must Arm Themselves With the Power Which Knowledge Gives

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison

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Thought For the Day: Too Many People Spend Money They Haven’t Earned To Buy Things They Don’t Want To Impress People They Don’t Like

“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”– Will Rogers

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First Principles: The Extravagant Expenditure of Public Money Is An Evil Not To Be Measured By the Value of That Money To the People Who Are Taxed For It

“The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.” – Chester A. Arthur

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