Outlasting Division

Art derives its power not by being timely but by being timeless, for timelessness outlasts division.
—    David Von Drehle
From his article / opinion piece:  “Movie Stars and the Perils of the Podium“
Appearing In:  Time Magazine;  dtd:  23 January 2017
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On This Day In:
2016	Said The Man Who Trained To Fight For A Living
2015	Tripping On Treasure
2014	The Flower Of Light
2013	Eye Catching
2012	The Holstee Manifesto
2011	Three Crooners For The Shower
	The Soldier’s Faith
	Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies

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Orange Comb-Overs Unite!

It is not to be imagined in how many ways vanity defeats its own purpose.
—    Lord Chesterfield
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On This Day In:
2016	Speaking Of Which
2015	Complexity Has A Strict Architecture
2014	Just Support
2013	Wandering Free
2012	Contribute = Paying Taxes
2011	How Will You Be Judged?

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Happy 8th Anniversary

Nothing makes us so sleepy as the bell of our alarm clock.
—     William Feather
[Marking time – birthdays, anniversaries, and alarm clocks…  For any of you who haven’t guessed, and I suspect (given the title) most of you have – today marks the 8th anniversary of my blog!  Thanks for stopping by.  Come again soon…    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2016	Happy 7th Anniversary
2015	Happy 6th Anniversary
2014	Happy 5th Anniversary
2013	I Resemble That Remark!
2012	Happy 3rd Anniversary
2011	Is America Safe Tonight?
2009	Hello world! (See how it all began…)

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Effective Stimuli

From my own research with exceptional cancer survivors, I know that profound psychological change is possible, especially when the patient is confronted with a life-threatening illness.  As one survivor in my sample said, “It was either change or die.  I learn quickly with that kind of stimuli.“
—    Paul C. Roud, Ed. D
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
From a letter to Time Magazine responding to an article about the effect of attitude on surviving illnesses.
[The article was publish in the mid-1980’s.  Unfortunately, I didn’t record specific attribution data in my journal back then.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2016	Dave’s Not Here, Man
2015	Blink
2014	The Struggle To Educate America Continues…
2013	On Elections
2012	Warm Smiles
	Pick Your Poison
2011	Straight Shooters

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Giving Much

In the sphere of material things, giving means being rich.  Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
—    Erich Fromm
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On This Day In:
2016	Sounds Like Class
2015	Inert Ideas
2014	Worth Anything?
2013	Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer)
	Revealed Riches
2012	Extra Gears
2011	Say What?
2010	Hello Frogs…

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Two Views Of The Starting Line

The foundation of wealth is the first decision well made.
—    John Pierpont (J. P.) Morgan
It is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing at all.
—    Barbara Ward
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On This Day In:
2016	Never Had It, Never Will (Donald Trump)
2015	20/20
2014	All Of My Best Ideas Come While Walking…
2013	Learn To Learn
2012	I Remind You
2011	Respect And Prestige
2010	Living Legends (Willie Nelson) and the Gettysburg Address

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Wealth Within

The greatest wealth you can ever get will be in yourself.
—     Horace Bushnell
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On This Day In:
2016	Soaring
2015	Gone To The Library…
2014	Choose To Lead
2013	Not Sent Yet
2012	Wall-Crawler Reboot
	Learning To Count
	On Worshiping God
2011	Emancipated Differences
2010	A Little More Technology, Please…

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Hannity And Limbaugh

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.
—    Arnold H. Glasow
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On This Day In:
2016	Or He Could Just Be Lazy
	Small Hero
2015	Seeking Cultured Leadership
2014	Examining Failure
2013	Driving Passion
2012	Cannibal, n.
2011	Moments Of Truth

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Redemptive Power

Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.”  It is this:  that love has within it a redemptive power.  And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.  Just keep being friendly to that person.  Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long.  Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning.  They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them.  And by the power of your love they will break down under the load.  That’s love, you see.  It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love.  There’s something about love that builds up and is creative.  There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive.  So love your enemies.
―     Martin Luther King Jr.
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On This Day In:
2016	On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture
2015	Still Struggling
2014	How To Become A Saint
2013	Not Much Change
	Our Biggest Fear
2012	Brain, n.
2011	Styles Of Leadership
2010	Face Front!

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Not Yet That Well-Organized

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
―     J.K. Rowling
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On This Day In:
2016	Probably Whatever Was Sought Yesterday
2015	What We Choose To Divide Us
2014	Peace With Honor
2013	Dangerous Systems
2012	Useful Science
2011	Say It, But Please Don’t Make Me Listen

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Reliable Vision

You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
—    Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2016	Still Walking
2015	Steps
2014	To Be Greatly Good
2013	Limited Capacity
2012	Two Ear Ticklers
	Justification
2011	To Avail The Nation

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Our Confident New President

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.
—     Charles Darwin
From his book:  “The Descent of Man” (1871)
[Still / even after almost six months in office…    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2016	Ways
2015	Be Happy, Too
2014	At Least Smile
2013	Comfortably Bound
2012	Certainty
	Thinking About Fathers
2011	And In Every Level Of Media

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Garden Dreaming

if i fall asleep with a pen in my hand, don’t remove it — i might be writing in my dreams.
—    Terri Guillemetsqe
[Found at:  I Didn’t Have My Glasses On  at  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com
The specific link:  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2017/07/01/magical-writing/
… and thanks for introducing me to Terri’s site:  The Quote Garden    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2016	Well, Maybe Not “No” Talent
2015	An Appetite For Life
	A Trip To The Library
	Great Expectations
2014	Pass The Soul
2013	Zapping Music And Art
2012	Not Quite Fantastic
	That Kid Is Back
2011	Wolves At The Door
2010	I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.)
	Beating the Heat…

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Have We Started Winning Yet?

He doesn’t believe he did anything wrong with the Russians and I tend to believe him.   He can’t collude with his own government.  Why do you think he is colluding with the Russians?
—    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
June 11, 2017
On CBS’ “Face the Nation“
Casting doubt on allegations that President Trump’s campaign colluded with the Kremlin to swing the 2016 election, saying that Trump “Doesn’t collude with his own staff.“
—    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
June 6th, 2017
Quoted by the Washington Examiner’s Susan Ferrechio.
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On This Day In:
2016	Still Springy
2015	Well Concealed
2014	The History Of Warriors
2013	A Cult Of Ignorance
2012	Counting Valor
	Understanding Faith
2011	I Can Hear You Now
2010	Inception

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Some Good

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.
—    J.R.R. Tolkien
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On This Day In:
2016	Edges
	Sums
2015	I Hope Not
2014	Study The Means Of Expressing Yourself
2013	That Stubborn Thing
2012	Like Mike
2011	Flawless Or Candid
2010	Browning…

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