Michael Kelley

Jan 02
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Control of attention is the ultimate individual power. People who can do that are not prisoners of the stimuli around them.
Aug 19
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I think she was going to eat me if I didn’t get that next spoonful of nectarines in quick enough.

I think she was going to eat me if I didn’t get that next spoonful of nectarines in quick enough.

Jul 31
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Getting some love from my girls.

Getting some love from my girls.

Mar 29
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I’m so lame. 14 years after they hit it big I finally find out that I like Oasis. In another 6-7 years I should be ready to discover Coldplay.

Mar 03
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Dec 01
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An ancient axiom of politics teaches that a spoiled people invite despotic control. Their failure to maintain internal discipline is followed by some rationalized organization in the service of a single powerful will. In this particular, at least, history, with all her volumes vast, has but one page.
— Richard Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences
Nov 14
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Your theology will not always move you in the direction of obedience because your use of theology is governed by the condition of your heart.
— Paul Tripp
Nov 13
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Wer spricht mit mir ist mein Mitmensch; wer singt mit mir ist mein Bruder.
The one who speaks with me is my fellow human; the one who sings with me is my brother.
— German Proverb
Nov 05
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Oh, if I could only pray the way this dog watches the meat! All his thoughts are concentrated on the piece of meat. Otherwise he has no thought, wish, or hope.
— Martin Luther
Oct 30
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More Joanna.

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I saw Joanna Newsom at Benaroya Hall last night. Amazing. Just amazing.

Oct 27
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There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
— G. K. Chesterton
Aug 27
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I’m so glad that I’m not the only one that does this… (from xkcd)

I’m so glad that I’m not the only one that does this… (from xkcd)