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“
In:  Time Magazine
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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