#david merrill

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robert de niro as david merrill in guilty by suspicion (1991) dir. irwin winkler

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David Merrill

Guilty By Suspicion (1991)

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Imagine David Merrill coming over to your place to vent to you about his day.

Life in film production was quite stressful, this is a lesson you were starting to learn the more time you spent around David

He would come over to your place and vent to you regularly about it

And he had a way of making himself at home when he was upset and rambling about his day

He makes his way into your kitchen, fixing himself a cup of coffee while he vents about some producer he's butting heads with

He comes into the living room, has a sip of coffee, then lays across your couch, his head landing in your lap, unannounced

You were surprised by this interaction but happy to have him close

You play with his curls, calming his nerves while listening to his rant

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The Love of Life, A Duty

by David Merrill

"Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore." - Isaiah 38:3

There is a natural love of life, and yet how few understand its value or the purpose for which it was given. How few feel that a whole eternity depends upon it. Days and years are wasted in those things that cannot profit. The great mass seem to have no proper balance but go to the extremes of presumption and despair. Life is wasted as if it could have no end and could not be exhausted, or it is suffered to rust out in idleness as if it had no goal and no proper use. But, whether men are aware of it or not, life has a determined goal, and one that cannot be accomplished without effort.

There is much to endure; there is much, very much, to be done. And what our hands find to do, we are to do with our might. We must enter heartily into all the appropriate business of life. We form characters for eternity. We sow seed whose fruit of good or evil, according to the seed, we shall reap forever. Here we receive that cast of righteousness or wickedness which fits for heaven or hell, which all eternity will but deepen. How important, then, this present life! And how foolish to dream it away in idle fancies or merely to be busy now and then! The beasts have their appropriate purpose in existence, and it is answered without their concurrence or consent. And with appetites satisfied they sink to rest, remembering no evil past, anticipating none future. And shall man live and die like them? Eat and drink, and sink to rest or rise up to play? Or spend all his strength and labor and thought about those things which perish with the using, laying up treasures on earth and none in heaven? Immortal interests are involved in this present life. It is the most important field that men can occupy.

The longest life is not long enough to answer life's great end. There is something still to do, or bear. No human being on earth ought, through depression of spirits or false views of life, to make himself useless. All cannot serve their generation in the same way, nor is the same kind of service needed from all; but each according to his particular ability, or the circumstances in which the providence of God has placed him. An example of faith and patience in the midst of severe and protracted affliction is not lost upon the world, nor is cheerful resignation in extreme poverty and age. The world needs such examples, and they are among the most useful that can be presented. They teach, experimentally and practically, lessons of the utmost importance and deepest interest. Those that cannot labor for Christ may suffer for him, and those that have no power of language to speak for him may yet exhibit in real life the power of his grace and exhibit it with a force and vividness that no language can equal. And then, who shall calculate the influence of their prayers, who are princes in disguise and have power with God and prevail.

There is a great and grievous mistake upon this subject, arising from very partial and limited views. A man who can no longer labor at his vocation or do business to his own advantage is too often deemed useless; and in spite of himself, perhaps, indulges the same feeling. "I am this day fourscore years old," said Barzillai. "Can thy servant taste what I eat, or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men or singing women? Wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord, the king." This was a good reason why he should not go to the palace, since age had unfitted him for its duties. But though eighty years old, was Barzillai useless? Certainly not. In a time of trouble and rebellion, his influence in favor of the right was better than a thousand fighting men

Be assured my brethren, there is always a legitimate motive to live.

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James Price, Death Valley Magazine and Asians who can drive | Breach Bang Clear

Apparently this Asian can drive. He can shoot too. Ask anyone who attended his Mobile Scout course (see more on

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This Week in Cascadia: June 4th - June 9th

This Week in Cascadia: June 4th – June 9th

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David Merrill's "Lighthouses of New England", 1994

David Merrill’s “Lighthouses of New England”, 1994

  David Merrill, Lighthouses of New England, limited edition print

David Merrill, Lighthouses of New England, limited edition print

This is a lovely, limited edition print “Lighthouses of New England”, numbered and signed by Maine/New England artist David Merrill.  It is numbered 08/400, and is signed by the artist.

Condition:  Excellent.

Dimensions: about 31″W x 20″H

Price:  $75.00.  Maine State…

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Diet and Exercise Can Reduce Protein Build-ups Linked to Alzheimer's, Ucla Study Shows

Diet and Exercise Can Reduce Protein Build-ups Linked to Alzheimer’s, Ucla Study Shows

A study by researchers at UCLA‘s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior has found that a healthy diet, regular physical activity and a normal body mass index can reduce the incidence of protein build-ups that are associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

In the study, 44 adults ranging in age from 40 to 85 (mean age: 62.6) with mild memory changes but no dementia underwent an…

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