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    It is better to die on feet than to live on knees ventilation‚ or by through their relationships with themselves‚ other people‚ or even a higher being. Alice Walker‚ an Afric 12 Page 2811 Words Life of Pi Pi (short for Piscine Molitor Patel) is a young Indian boy growing up in South India in the 1970’s. His father owns a zoo and‚ with increasing political unrest in India‚ decides to sell up and emigrate to Canada. In true Noah’s ark fashion‚ they accompany the wild animals on board

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    INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH MOTHER’S LOVE Ladies and Gentleman: It’s an honor to be given an opportunity to speak about a very important and lovable person in our lives today‚ a Mother. While I was surfing the internet‚ there is one quotation that catches my attention and I want it to share it with you. It goes this way: A mother’s love‚ how sweet the name‚ What is a mother’s love? A noble‚ pure and tender flame Enkindled from above To bless a heart of earthly mould The warmest love that

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    Is ‘Trainspotting’ (UK 1996) an Irresponsible Representation of a Heroin-Chic Lifestyle? Trainspotting is a 1996 Channel 4 film‚ directed by Danny Boyle‚ based on the book written by Irvine Welsh. It follows the life of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor)‚ a Scottish heroin addict and the influence addiction has on his and his friend’s lives. The mid-1990s saw the rise of the ‘Heroin Chic’ trend amongst young people across Britain. The term originated from the appeal of looking like a Heroin addict

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    General Purpose: To Inform Topic: To discuss the Burj Al Khalifa’s architectural structure and the construction of the building. Statement of Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the Burj Al Khalifa’s architectural structure and the construction of the building. Thesis Statement: The Burj al Khalifa‚ the world’s tallest single-standing structure‚ is the most carefully designed and constructed architecture piece in the world. I. Introduction A. Being Chicagoans‚ we find

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    Graduation Speech Welcome everyone. I will like to thank everyone for coming to join the class of 2013 at our graduation and commencement ceremony. Thanks to our family‚ relatives‚ faculty‚ and professors for being here on our special day. Today is the day of entering or facing the "real world" that so many of us have been talking about for four years. In some cases it may had taken more than that but that doesn’t matter‚ what matters now is how we are going to use it to benefit us. We are here

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    Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah                 My Topic is about any Leader‚ so In this world there are many leaders. We know most of them‚ but my speech is about “Quaid-e-Azam”. He was a Great politician and statesman of 20th century. He was generally known as the father of state of Pakistan. He was the leader of The Muslim League and served as the first Governor General of Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam was his official names.His real name is Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Quaid-e-Azam (“The Great Leader”) and

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    Marie Louis Valet 5/2/2013 Speech 07 Principles of Public Speaking The many challenges young adults face today vary greatly from peer pressure‚ to family issues and drug use or abuse. These are some of the difficult choices facing parents and young adults daily and ought to be dealt with. We often think young adults are ready to launch off into a career‚ college‚ and lively adult social scenes. When in fact today’s young adults are faced with so

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    TYPES OF SPEECH According to Purpose ii. According to Preparation of Delivery iii. According to Occasion i. I. According to Purpose 1. Speech to Inform or Informative Speech 2. Speech to Inspire or Inspirational Speech 3. Speech to Persuade or Argumentative Speech 4. Speech to Entertain or Entertaining or Graceful Speech II. According to Preparation of Delivery 1. Impromptu Speech 2. Manuscript Reading 3. The Memorized Speech 4. The Extemporaneous Speech III. According to Occasion 1. Salutation

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    is illegal but many of us do it anyways‚ including myself. Today I will be informing you all about the possible dangers of texting and driving‚ the cost of texting and driving‚ and even the emotional after affects of texting while driving. After my speech today I want you all to think twice before you even think about texting while driving and hopefully you will all agree with me not to. Lets begin with the risks of texting while driving. There was a study by Virginia tech transportation institute

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    shocked‚ flattered‚ and elated‚ all at the same time. As the excitement died down and I began to worry about my salutatory address and a myriad of ideas of what I wanted to say flooded my mind. But‚ as June rolled around and senioritis kicked in‚ my speech felt like just another last minute homework assignment I needed to complete. For inspiration‚ I searched “hashtag salutatorian” on all forms of social media: Instagram‚ Twitter‚ and even Tumblr. Unfortunately‚ these all failed to inspire me and

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