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Place In the Kingdom With You
Based in part on 1 Chron 12:32 Place In the Kingdom With You by Michael Romani Sculpting away the outer shell Until at last we find and reveal The best that we can truly be Given way until with His … Continue reading
Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town
The whole creative process behind the making of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies and the original tales has and have always fascinated me. How about you? Somewhere In A Hobbit’s Town by Michael Romani Somewhere in Switzerland … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Wise Teacher Leads You To the Threshold of Your Mind, Not Theirs
“If (the teacher) is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” – Kahlil Gibran
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Like Sand Becomes A Pearl
On December 7, 1941, the then Japanese Empire attacked America killing some 2,400 people and bringing the US into World War II. Today is remembered in the US as National Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance. Like Sand Becomes A … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Attack, Avoid, Beauty, Begun, Brave, Brilliant, Circumvent, December 7 1941, End, Events, Eye, Fight, Forge, Friends, Gallantry, Give, God, Hate, Infamy, Inspiration, Irritation, Japan, Legacy, Lesson, Light, Lives, Memory, Nations, Oyster, Pearl, Pearl Harbor, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Remember, Remembrance, Right, Sand, Soul, Tragedy, Tragic, Transform, Two, War, Wise, Won, World, Yamamoto
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit and Intelligence of the Citizens
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Banish, Betray, Citizens, Create, Dare, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republic, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise
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First Principles: Legislation Is Neither Wise nor Just When It Puts the Welfare of A Single Interest At the Expense and Injury of Many and Varied Interests
“Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.” – Andrew Johnson
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Tagged Andrew Johnson, Expense, First Principles, Injury, Just, Legislation, Single Interest, Varied Interests, Welfare, Wise
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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure the Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)
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Tagged Constitution, Corrupt, First Principles, Happiness, Law, Liberty, manners, Neither, People, Samuel Adams, Secure, Universal, Wise
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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Nor the Wisest Laws Will Secure Liberty and Happiness of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Constitution, Corrupt, First Principles, Happiness, Law, Libety, manners, People, Samuel Adams, Secure, Univeral, Wise
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Art and the Box Office
Is the art of Broadway or a movie measured by box office or by other standards? Art and the Box Office by Michael Romani It may seem a bit of artifice To say that art isn’t measured by the box … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artifice, Balance, Box Office, Compromise, Corrupt, Doubt, Establishment, Life, Measure, Perfect Jewel, Persuasion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Showmanship, Soul, Tarnish, Wise, Youth
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