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TCS: The Heat Is Too Intense For It
Good Morning! _______________________________ “Poetry is a sort of homecoming.” – Paul Celan, Romanian-born French poet, and holocaust survivor ________________ “What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” – Charles Bukowski, German-born American poet ________________ “August is … Continue reading
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TCS: To Cherish In Their Souls A Reverence For Truth
Good Morning! _______________________________ “The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.”― W. Somerset Maugham ________________ “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”― Zora Neale Hurston, opening line of Their … Continue reading
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TCS: We Should Be Careful of Each Other … While There Is Still Time
Good Morning! _______________________________ “It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.” ― Ansel Adams ________________ “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so … Continue reading
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TCS: Men Are Too Emotional to Vote – Women Will Rise and Become Strong
Good Morning! _______________________________ “The problem in America isn’t so much what people don’t know; the problem is what people think they know that just ain’t so.”– Will Rogers, humorist and social commentator ________________ “Don’t listen to me. Listen to yourself … Continue reading
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TCS: In This Moment of Hatred Before Time on Earth Runs Out
Good Morning! _______________________________ “Before a nation can be rebuilt, the citizens need to understand how it was destroyed in the first place; how its institutions were undermined, how the language was twisted, how its people were manipulated.” – Anne Applebaum, … Continue reading
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TCS: Today We Are Lions Who Roar Their Fury
Good Morning! _______________________________ “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … and a desire to know.” — John Adams, Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President ________________ “My country, I will build you … Continue reading
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TCS: I Didn’t Know and Nobody Told Me
Good Morning _______________________________ “Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ________________ “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm ________________ … Continue reading
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TCS: In My Invincible Summer
Good Morning! _______________________________ “Every beginningis only a sequel, after all, and the book of eventsis always open halfway through.” ― from “Nothing Twice”by Wislawa Szymborska ________________ “… what had we tried to do? Defiantly tell the truth. For … Continue reading
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TCS: Restoring Compassion to the Nation
Good Morning! ______________________________ “If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.” ― Dolly Parton ________________ “Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you … Continue reading
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TCS: The Light That Without Darkness You Could Not See
Good Morning! _______________________________ “… freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence.” ― Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953 – 34th U.S. President ________________ “Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If … Continue reading
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