In this commencement speech‚ Wallace talks about the idea of choosing what and how to think about things. To help illustrate this‚ he talks about living in the day-to-day existence of adult life and how the way you choose to think will keeping you from being absolutely miserable in it. Wallace talks about the default way of thinking; specifically‚ thinking self centeredly in the day-to-day routine. This thinking doesn’t help you cope or deal with the daily frustrations of real life and will keep
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apple fall from a tree. When we hear this story now‚ we find it peculiar that someone “discovered” a force that has existed since the beginning of time. How did no one ever realize the astounding force of gravity? How did it take Newton himself such a long time to discover it? Alas‚ we are all merely fish in an ocean we never acknowledge or appreciate‚ in an ocean we altogether ignore. Note‚ however‚ the fact that the older fish in Wallace’s quote inquired about the quality of the water to the two younger
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The Trail of Tears The trail of tears was the forceful events to the Native American to relocate from the south eastern region to the western region. Andrew Jackson was the president‚ He fulfilled his ambition by changed the Washington and America‚ which is also called the Indian removal act. The removal was resulted destruction to the five Indian tribes‚ such as Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole and Cherokee. The Cherokee was decided not to move‚ they have took Georgia to the court. The chief
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Not all people of wealth are selfish‚ greedy‚ and arrogant. St. Anthony of the Desert is proof of this statement. Born from a wealthy family in Coma‚ Egypt in 251 AD‚ Anthony was a good man from his early to his later years. His parents were Christians; therefore‚ Anthony was brought up as a Christian‚ as well. Also in his beginning years‚ he attended the Lord’s House with his parents. He proved to be obedient to his father and mother‚ and attentive to his studies and readings from the Lord. A few
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One of the most fascinating days of my life was the day that I spent with Marc Anthony. In only one day my life completely changed. He is by far my absolute favorite singer and on this single day‚ he was not a celebrity. He was a man that I met by coincidence. It is extraordinary how bad situations can have amazing outcomes. I had been on my way to Bayamon‚ Puerto Rico to see a family member when I took a wrong turn and ended up in all the way in Las Piedras. The street that I was on seemed almost
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Wisdom Quotes 1. You can do anything‚ but not everything. —David Allen 2. Perfection is achieved‚ not when there is nothing more to add‚ but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 3. The richest man is not he who has the most‚ but he who needs the least. —Unknown Author 4. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. —Wayne Gretzky 5. Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. —Ambrose Redmoon
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Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins de Bulhoes‚ on August 15‚ 1195 in Lisbon‚ Portugal where he was raised by a wealthy family. At the age of 15 he entered the religious order of St. Augustine and two years later‚ he was sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra‚ where he began nine years of intense study of Theology and Latin. He was ordained to priesthood and placed in charge of hospitality and named guest master of his Abbey. Attracted to the simple Gospel lifestyle of the Franciscan Order
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Anthony Marston in “And Then There Were None” The novel “And Then There Were None” has many stock characters. We have seen characters similar to these in other novels. Though they may not be the exact same‚ they will share traits similar to each other. Anthony Marston is an example of a stereotypical character. He is a very wealthy young man that is careless. Anthony is rich‚ handsome‚ and ignorant. He likes to drive recklessly which had him kill 2 kids with his car while he didn’t really seem
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In the story this is water by David Foster Wallace‚ david discusses a supermarket scenario in which everyone around is in the way which shows the default of thinking a person is the center of the universe. After reading the story it is easy to see how when somebody would look at the generation today‚ the more they would start to notice that the people around them think they are the center of today’s society. In today’s world there are billions of not just children but young adults and adults who
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"The deep" was a story written by Anthony Doerr and published in 2011. The story is about a boy suffered from fatal disease and nearly has no connection to the outside world. As the story progresses‚ he meets Ruby‚ who brings the beauty of this world to him. Tom‚ the main character of this story‚ lives in the boarding house near the salt mine. When he is about four‚ he is diagnoses with Atrial Septal Defect‚ a disease that "Life-span of sixteen. Eighteen if he is lucky"(137). Therefore‚ he was forbidden
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