Category: Words
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Civilization and anarchy are just seven meals apart
Civilization and anarchy are just seven meals apart. —Ecologist David Hughes, citing an old Spanish proverb Epilogue: What Do I Do? To be a scientist is to know that most of what is knowable is not yet known. This is the thrill of it all, the great potential for discovery—and it’s why I keep going…
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Key is exchangeability between credit and debit ratios; or in payment of taxes
Trust. Fiat currency’s previous metal. The key to value inspire trust. Fiat currency derives its value from the trust placed in the issuing government or central bank. A physical commodity like gold or silver does not back these currencies. Instead, they rely on the issuing authority’s stability and the users’ confidence. Fiat currencies issued by…
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Awake and aware are fundamental to critical thinking
Awake and aware are fundamental to critical thinking; if you go with the flow, you might end up on the rocks. Critical thinking. Analyzing facts, evidence, observations, and arguments and forming a determination by applying rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluations. Critical thinking is questioning, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating, and judging what you read, hear,…
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utilitarian view, according to which a sexual partner is an object for use, holds no possibility of fulfillment and happiness.
Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla has produced a remarkably eloquent and resourceful defense of Catholic tradition in the sphere of family life and sexual morality. He writes in the conviction that science–biology, psychology, sociology–can provide valuable information on particular aspects of relations among the sexes, but that a full understanding can be obtained only…
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Through Grace, we earn salvation. Jesus saves us from sin and death.
Grace is God’s will; participation in God’s life. Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help given by God. The Holy Spirit pours unearned Grace into human beings whom it heals of sin and sanctifies. Grace is divine help and strength we receive through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Our justification, inspiration, and motivation come…
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Read, try it on even if it doesn’t fit. Make it work; you’ll find answers
Answers follow questions. What is the full meaning of the word answer?: something spoken or written in reply, especially to a question.: a correct response. answer (n.) Middle English answere, from Old English andswaru “a response, a reply to a question,” from and- “against” (from PIE root *ant- “front, forehead,” with derivatives meaning “in front…
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The four Cs are clear, concise, correct, and compelling.
My father’s family didn’t hug when visiting; germs, they said. My sister and I took it to a higher level. We visit without seeing each other. Five parts of a personal letter, not used in a business setting. I have distilled the writing advice I’ve read and received over the years into the four Cs—clear,…
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first and foremost – build a good relationship with your needs
“When you point a finger at someone else, there are three pointing back at you, and when you point at yourself, there’s three pointing at them.” THERE’S A FLY IN MY SOUP In every life, we are constantly confronted with situations where a stranger will do something acutely irritating or discomforting: perhaps they’ll turn up…
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I am sure I am not mad–and that wasn’t my fantasy
By: Dmitri Malyga, February, 20. Kyiv, Ukraine. For the wildest yet most common for some people, what I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. It might be madness; would I expect it when my senses deny their evidence? I am sure I am not mad–and that wasn’t my fantasy. But I need…
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Pónganse en el lugar de Malinalli. Están en uno de los puentes de entrada a la Gran Tenochtitlan.
LA NIÑA QUE SOBREVIVIÓPedro J. Fernández Imaginen que son una joven que acaba de cumplir 15 años, que su piel se parece al color de la tierra, que apenas dejan atrás su niñez… y que sueñan con el que será el gran amor de su vida. Ahora imaginen que es 1519, que son esclavas de…
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This figure is about freedom, sensuality, and awe, like the number 5
According to numerology, a system ascribing meaning to numbers based on patterns and ancient context, the integer 20, a master number implying high potential, symbolizes new beginnings, abundance, and manifestation. The prime and natural number 23 represents change, progress, and innovation, new beginnings, revolution, and transformation. The digit 23 also denotes adventure with a touch…
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