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3.21.2014
Success…
“Success is having people love you that you want to have love you.”
–Warren Buffett Read more »
3.12.2014
Some Suggested Gubernatorial Soundbites:
“In democracy, your vote counts. In feudalism, your count votes.”
“You feel stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.”
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3.04.2014
March 4, 1864: “The Saint of the Pacific Coast” Lays Down His Burdens
That’s what contemporaries call Universalist and Unitarian minister Thomas Starr King, who lies on his San Francisco deathbed, 160 years ago. According to Charles Wendte’s 1921 biography of Starr King, the resonant orator — whose passionate sermons are instrumental in keeping California in the Union during the Civil War — tells his wife, Julia:
“Don’t weep for me. Read more »
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