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A Father’s Shadow

Published on December 30, 2006 in Florida Living, Life, Movies and Music, Observations, Personal Development and Quotes. 0 Comments

Twice have I gone to the theater to see the new film The Pursuit of Happyness and twice have I failed to get tickets. It’s the strangest phenomenon. The shows would be available while we are there on line, but would be sold out while we are just a few people away from acquiring our tickets. It wouldn’t just be the timing we wanted to see but also any showing within a reasonable time to wait for it.

If you haven’t heard about the movie, it seems to be doing rather well. I am not too familiar with the storyline, but I believe it is about a man and his son who are overcoming life’s obstacles after having suffered some kind of loss. I really can’t get any more specific (or generic) than that.

Now since I haven’t seen that movie, I can’t write about the impression the father made upon the son in his ability to always look ahead and set an example for the young one to follow. Instead I shall talk about the movie I did see when this one became unavailable the first time: Rocky Balboa. Continue reading ‘A Father’s Shadow’

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A Bunch of Meaningful Quotes

Published on November 7, 2006 in Quotes. 0 Comments

I found these while using StumbleUpon (which I now hear is available for both Firefox and IE7) and thought “Why not?” History and literature are littered with deep quotes from people who had the audacity to think. These are but a few. Continue reading ‘A Bunch of Meaningful Quotes’

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Late Night Quotes

Published on February 10, 2006 in Humor and Quotes. 0 Comments

“There’s a boycott now of Danish products in the Muslim world. Luckily not too many mosques are made out of Legos.” – Jay Leno

“President Bush unveiled his new $2.2 trillion budget. The president settled on $2 trillion after being told that $2 bazillion was not a real number.” – Conan O’Brien

“The trial of Enron chiefs Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay began four-and-a-half years after perpetrating — allegedly — the fraud that led to the second largest bankruptcy in American history. Why four-and-a-half years? Because apparently it’s harder to bring Ken Lay to trial than it is to invade two countries.” – Jon Stewart

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Ronald Reagan Quotes

Published on January 20, 2006 in Politics and Quotes. 0 Comments

In honor of the 25th anniversary of Reaganomics, I hereby provide the following quotes by then-President Ronald “One for the Gipper” Reagan. These are more food-for-thought than anything else, but if you have anythoughts you’d like to share (pro or con), feel free to do it here.

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.”

“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”

“Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.”

“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”

“Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

“Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”

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