Tag: education
member name: Bill Allin
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July 22, 2006 06:09 PM EDT --
I only wanted to put her out of my misery.
The purpose of this article is not to convey my innermost feelings as I struggled to avoid the temptation to snuff out someone's life. It's to show how . . .
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September 25, 2006 10:01 PM EDT --
Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
- Virginia Satir
"Supposed to be?" Who said that? Who says, with authority, . . .
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August 23, 2006 05:17 PM EDT --
"I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism."
- Charles M Schwab, . . .
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February 10, 2007 07:47 PM EST --
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
- H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)
Since Mencken's time medical science . . .
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August 26, 2006 06:00 PM EDT --
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, then that of blindfolded fear.
- Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect . . .
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December 30, 2007 11:23 AM EST --
Science plays a critically important role in our lives. It not only influences the technology we use, it also affects our politics (global warming being but one example), our religion ("Is God just . . .
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September 15, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
"The highest result of education is tolerance."
- Helen Keller, 'Optimism,' 1903
As odd as this quotation may sound, I believe it has merit.
In this case, "tolerance" . . .
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October 05, 2006 10:44 AM EDT --
There are two ways to discuss religion. One is an intellectual discussion, with each party sharing facts (or "discoveries" believed to be facts) for the purpose of learning more—a shared . . .
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November 05, 2006 04:37 PM EST --
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
- Mohandas K. ("The Mahatma") Gandhi
Far be it for me to disagree with Mr. Gandhi, but I would . . .
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January 05, 2008 10:17 PM EST --
It shocked me. It disgusted me. I wanted to hurt someone.
The headline screamed out from the cover of Toronto Life magazine: Lock
Up Your Daughters. Surely the magazine used a metaphor to make its . . .
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August 06, 2006 05:17 PM EDT --
"About the only thing oppressors really have to fear is rising awareness. Unfortunately for them, it is also the hardest thing to stop, because awareness can come from almost any communication, and . . .
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September 18, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
"It has struck me that people who aren't getting enough sex are always very fascinated by it, even if the fascination takes the form of them being very very cross that other people are getting . . .
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August 09, 2006 07:25 PM EDT --
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Such insight from a man whose life was a bit scrambled itself.
Let's take the quote . . .
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August 14, 2006 09:47 PM EDT --
"Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with Eternal God for power."
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet laureate, eulogizing the Duke of Wellington.
[palter - 1. To talk . . .
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August 15, 2006 09:02 PM EDT --
"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
- Carl Sandberg, American . . .
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November 06, 2006 11:19 AM EST --
Wine and people can improve with age. But wine gets better only when it begins with good grapes.
Bill Allin
Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Today's Epidemic Social Problems, striving to grow . . .
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January 10, 2008 09:36 PM EST --
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity ... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the . . .
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July 23, 2006 02:43 PM EDT --
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
- Mohandas K. ("The Mahatma") Gandhi
Note that the "Great Soul" did not advance the cause of . . .
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August 02, 2006 03:39 PM EDT --
Shadow owes its birth to light.
- John Gay, poet and dramatist (1685-1732)
Without light, we know nothing about shadow. On the other hand, without shadow, we have no means of evaluating or appreciating . . .
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August 11, 2006 11:23 AM EDT --
In a different forum, a reader of my article about judging people based on their actions rather than on their words, my response to one of those who replied seemed to deserve its own place.
Naomi wrote: . . .
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