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Thought For the Day: A Dictionary Might Be Read As A Poem About Everything

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

“I was reading the dictionary.  I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright        

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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists of Being Honest and Doing Your Duty

Posted on November 8, 2018 by

“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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First Principles: Think and Act For Yourself and Our Nation In the Pursuit of Right Over Wrong

Posted on October 27, 2018 by

“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.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)   … Continue reading →

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In Spiritual Growth

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

Based in part on: Galatians 5:22-23 New International Version (NIV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. In Spiritual Growth by Michael Romani … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Re-Reading Literary Classics Allows A Person To See More Of Themselves Than Before

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

“When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in yourself than there was before”. – Clifton Fadiman, editor and critic (15 May 1904-1999)        

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Thought For the Day: No Two Persons Have Read the Same Book

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

“No two persons ever read the same book.” – Edmund Wilson, critic (8 May 1895-1972)          

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Thought For The Day: To Be A Writer, You Must Read and Write A Lot

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.” – Stephen King Personally, if … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Stories Read and/or Told Alter Our Worlds

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

“Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.” – Ben Okri, poet and novelist (b. 15 Mar 1959)    

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First Principles: Useful Law Needs To Be Able To Be Easily Read and Understood

Posted on December 12, 2017 by

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” –  … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Every Child Should Be Taught National History

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse … Continue reading →

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