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Americans have more freedom and broader rights than citizens of almost any other nation in the world, including the capacity to criticize their government and their elected officials. But we do not have the right to resort to violenceor the threat of violencewhen we don’t get our way. Our founders constructed a system of government so that reason could prevail over fear. Oklahoma City proved once again that without the law there is no freedom.
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AFP and From the Quote Box
I’m listening to Amanda Palmer’s The Art of Asking (audiobook, author narrated) and it’s had me laughing and crying for many hours of commuting now. Today on the way home she was talking about non-successful crowdfunding projects. You can’t really … Continue reading
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Duty and purpose – for the quote box
There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it. — Mary Lyon Via The Writers Almanac, re Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
Posted in Do the Work, From the Quote Box, note to self, the creative process
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The Good Work – aka The Work ie., Do The Work
This one was worth doing the re-wind for, via NYTimes: I really love working…Most people they want hit records because that’s how they make their money but you know what I realized is that I don’t care about hit records … Continue reading
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Work – The Work – A Quote
Work* is a constant invisible question, sometimes nagging, sometimes cajoling, sometimes emboldening me; at its best beckoning me to follow a particular star to which I belong. – David Whyte via Brain Pickings * I read this to be ‘The … Continue reading
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For the Quote Box – English usage
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street. — E.B. White
