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First Principles: Would It Not Be Better To Simplify the System of Taxation Rather Than To Spread It Over Such A Variety of Subjects and Pass Through So Many New Hands
“Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands.” – Thomas Jefferson (1784)
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Tagged Better, First Principles, Hands, Pass, Simplify, Spread, System, Taxation, Thomas Jefferson, Variety of Subjects
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Thought For the Day: The Ability To Simplify Means To Eliminate the Unnecessary So That the Necessary May Speak
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” -Hans Hofmann, painter (21 Mar 1880-1966)
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Tagged Ability, Eliminate, Hans Hofmann, Means, Necessary, Simplify, Speak, Thought For the Day, Unnecessary
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Thought For the Day: To Get Started, First Break Goals Down To Manageable Tasks
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain
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Tagged Complex, Getting Ahead, Managable, Mark Twain, Overwhelming, Secret, Simplify, Start, Thought For the Day
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Tropical Escape
A look at the modern world’s return toward tiki culture: Tropical Escape by Michael Romani A masquerade of loosened ties Relaxes into forgetting the rat race The escapism of tropical alibis Whispers acceptable excuses for feeling out of place A … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Chronic Stress, Counterpoint, Escape, Escapism, Existential Threat, Islands, Masquerade, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polynesian, Simplify, Smugglers, Tales of the South Pacific, Test, Tiki, Trader Vic, Tropical, Tropical Drink
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Simplify
I said that I want to make my life better So tired and starting to hate being a go getter I had to smile at her innocent reply The answer you see, she said, is to simplify Oh, I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Bliss, Breeze, Country, Daily Prompt, Forget, Go Getter, Life, Peace, Regret, Simplicity, Simplify, Surrender, To Do Lists, Wordpress
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