There Is A Difference Between Dangerous And Frightening

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
––    Oscar Wilde
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On This Day In:
2015	Always A Goal
2014	Standing Strong
2013	Shaken And Stirred
	The Bird With The Broken Wing
2012	Friends In High Places
2011	Objective Independence

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We Are Not A Fearful Nation!

For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
—   John F. Kennedy
From his speech:  “Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America“
26 February 1962
[Sometimes I wonder…     —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	Risking Truth
2012	Working On Reality
2011	Massive Contradictory Changes

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What Are You Doing?

Ideas won’t keep:  Something must be done about them.
—     Alfred North Whitehead
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On This Day In:
2013	Lives > 1
2012	Strange To All The World
2011	Unnecessary Stagefright

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Practice, Practice, Practice

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
—    Sydney J. Harris
[Actually, we’ve been trying / practicing “Trickle-Down Economics” for over 40 years and it has still not worked.  Does that mean it will be “killed” sometime soon?    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	A Fist Full Of Confusion
2012	Teaching Faith
2011	The Heart Of Terror
	The Proportion Of Gravity And Probability

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To The Nines

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
—    Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
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On This Day In:
2013	Higher And Truer
2012	Life’s Last Question
2011	A Single Heartbeat
	A Little Male Humor – WHY MEN SHOULDN’T RETIRE

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Who You Are

I understand why we do that now.  It’s a help, not a threat.  It’s something to remind you how important words are.  Ideas are important.  Principles are important.  Words are important.  Your word is the most important of all.  Your word is who you are.
—    Tom Clancy
[Found on a blog I follow:  http://dshenai.wordpress.com/
The specific post is:  http://dshenai.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/tribute-to-tom-clancy-with-his-insightful-quotes/
Thanks Deo!   —   KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	Mine Stands
2011	Aversions

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Look Up

Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
—    Edward R. Murrow
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