Tag Archives: People

Thought For the Day: People of Modest Talent Can Attract Attention, At Least For A While, By Being Unrelentingly Offensive

Posted on October 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“[Film and theater critic John] Simon has simply discovered the trick used with great effectiveness by certain comedians, talk show hosts and punk rock musicians: people of modest talent can attract attention, at least for a while, by being unrelentingly … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Art Should Be Something That Liberates Your Soul, Provokes the Imagination and Encourages People To Go Further

Posted on October 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.” – Keith Haring

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Thought For the Day: It Is A Curious Thought, But It Is Only When You See People Looking Ridiculous That You Realize Just How Much You Love Them

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.” – Agatha Christie, author (15 Sep 1890-1976)

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Thought For the Day: Where Exactly Does It Come From, I’d Like To Know, This Ineradicable Attitude of Superiority Toward the Past?

Posted on September 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Where exactly does it come from, I’d like to know, this ineradicable attitude of superiority toward the past? This stubbornly dumb, can’t-kill-it-with-an-ax conviction that we, the now, critically and categorically know better than they, the past. Is it from the … Continue reading →

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Talk of Grace

Posted on September 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Talk of Graceby Michael DoyleIt is all of us, the body of peopleFound under God’s holy steepleThat makes us wonder about graceUndeserved in favor, yet we know our placeClearly, His church is most attractiveWhere grace is found and is most … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader

Posted on September 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: When You’re Traveling, You Are What You Are Right There and Then. People Don’t Have Your Past To Hold Against you. No Yesterdays On the Road

Posted on August 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat-Moon, travel writer (b. 27 Aug 1939)

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Sometimes Anyway

Posted on August 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes Anywayby Michael DoyleGood food like gumbo is hard to replaceIt opens people up and puts a smile in placeWhile a child makes a wish on the evening starA wished upon wish just might take her farBut even the best … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Ask Who Are the Militia? They Consist of the Whole People

Posted on August 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I ask, Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.” – George Mason (1788)

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Thought For the Day: There Are Basically Two Types of People. People Who Accomplish Things, and People Who Claim to Have Accomplished Things

Posted on July 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” – Mark Twain

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