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What is a Patriot? by K.O. Morgan

A true patriot doesn’t have to let everyone know he or she is a patriot. A true patriot doesn’t claim that patriotism leans to the left or the right. A true patriot just goes out a lives a life without malice or boast.

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C.S. Lewis

“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very’; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”

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Stephen Colbert

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don’t want [...]

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50 Years Later the Words Still Ring True

“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” ~ President John F. Kennedy

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Hippocrates

“”A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.”

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Rest in Peace Ted

“If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind … someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights … then I am proud to say I am a liberal.” ~ Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”

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Jack London

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

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Jules Renard

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.”

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