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Labor Day
“Labour not unwillingly, nor without regard to the common utility, nor let studied ornament set of thy thoughts.” ~Marcus Aurelius,...
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Sep 4, 20231 min read


The Path
“More often than not, it was the tiny things — the small, infinitesimal, meaningless choices they made that gave rise to their determined...
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Aug 28, 20231 min read


Monsters
“There ain’t no monsters, except for the ones that we make.” ~ the character Emma from The Ordinary Monster (2019) #FavoriteQuotes
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Aug 14, 20231 min read


Indifference
“Man had come to a point in time when the embers of long held resentment so easily fueled petty squabbles which in turn ignited the...
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Aug 7, 20231 min read
Maybe
“That’s on top of everything else that we know and don’t know yet, based on what we’ve just been able to see. And because we’ve seen it...
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Jul 31, 20231 min read


Manipulation
“How easily these creatures are manipulated, she thought. Their own sanctimony is the true sin, and this they do not fear.” ~ the...
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Jul 24, 20231 min read
Decisions
“. . . He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions,...
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Jul 17, 20231 min read
Culture
"Culture is — it is a reflection of our moment and our time. Right? And present culture is the way we express how we're feeling about the...
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Jul 10, 20231 min read
Beginning
“. . . [T]he American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation, and the duty laid upon us by that beginning is the duty of bringing...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
Ease
"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering." – Theodore Roosevelt #FavoriteQuotes
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Jun 19, 20231 min read
Privilege
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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May 29, 20231 min read
Submission
“When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit, because their strength is not adequate to resist.” ~...
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May 22, 20231 min read
Barkers
“Bark. Bark, bark.:“ ~Lil Louie #FavoriteQuotes
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May 8, 20231 min read
Disguises
“ . . even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of...
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May 1, 20231 min read


Administration
“The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices ......
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Apr 24, 20231 min read


AI
"And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as...
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Apr 17, 20231 min read
Promise
"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime." – Martin Luther King Jr....
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
The Tax Man Cometh
“The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.” ~Mark Twain #FavoriteQuotes
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Apr 3, 20231 min read
Danger
"Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?" ~Joseph...
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Mar 27, 20231 min read


Spring
"Spring is the time of plans and projects." — Leo Tolstoy in Anna Karenina (1877) “We plan, God laughs.” - Yiddish proverb #FavoriteQuotes
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Mar 20, 20231 min read
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