Frank Tyger Quote – Progress Is Not Created By Contented People
“Progress is not created by contented people.” – Frank Tyger
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A House that’s stuck in the 1950’s
The House of Representatives doesn’t represent America as it really is today, said Timothy Egan. The Republican-controlled House governs a “fantasy nation created in talk-radio land,” where black and gay people don’t exist, women remain subservient, and all gun-safety legislation is a step toward tyranny. Thanks to strategic redrawing of districts, Republicans managed to maintain a 33-seat advantage in the […]
Read moreTurnabout Is Fair Play
A Vancouver woman saw the bicycle that was stolen from her put up for sale on Craigslist. She called, met the seller, and asked for a test ride. “And then I just got on it and rode away,” said Kayla Smith.
Read moreCartoon – Passive Aggressive Security Checkpoint
Gandhi Quote – Remake Ourselves
“OUR GREATNESS LIES NOT SO MUCH IN BEING ABLE TO REMAKE THE WORLD, AS IN BEING ABLE TO REMAKE OURSELVES.” – Gandhi
Read moreAlbert Pike Quote – Done for Others
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” – Albert Pike
Read moreElisabeth Kubler-Ross Quote – The Five Stages
“The five stages – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Lewis Carroll Quote – You Will Not Do Much
“If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.” – Lewis Carroll
Read morePutting that degree to use
Jamie Fox, a 22-year-old from Great Britain with a degree in music, was given a job as a human scarecrow on a farm. Fox will make $400 a week scaring off partridges by playing an accordion, ukulele, and cowbell.
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