YOLO is an acronym for "you only live once". Similar to carpe diem or memento mori‚ it implies that one should enjoy life‚ even if that entails taking risks. The phrase and acronym are used in youth culture and music. The phrase and acronym were popularized by the song "The Motto" by Canadian rapper Drake. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Use in music 3 In youth culture 4 Criticism 5 References Background The phrase "you only live once" is commonly attributed to Mae West‚[1][2] but variations
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vividly in my memory. With a shoreline reaching over 500 miles long‚ the beautiful shoreline provides me a sense of freedom. The long continuous shoreline of Smith Lake allows me to explore things and go places that I have never been before. As I look out into the open free water‚ I feel that it could go on forever‚ without an end. Smith Lake brings peace to the mind. There goes one‚ two and three boats passing my sight as I sit and watch the waves hit the rocks. The sound of the water tumbling over
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and I would especially prefer to keep it a part of my professional future. Whatever my professional career path ends up being‚ I wish for it to be something where my economics degree will be useful. Also‚ I thrive on personal relationships so for me having a job where I get to interact with people a lot is desirable to me. I also value my leisure time a lot‚ so I believe I’d value a job with better hours over a job with better pay.
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Ellie Dixon How far would you agree with Nick’s view that Gatsby is “worth the whole damn bunch put together” I believe that when comparing the worth of the characters Nick assessed their ability to be moral‚ loving and selfless. Despite Gatsby’s involvement in ‘bootlegging’ and his life being built around lies‚ Gatsby possesses a worth that the other characters lack; a dedication to another human that is selfless‚ loving and hopeful‚ his determination to peruse his dreams also adds to his worth
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Essay 10-28-09 Mr. Teddy Standing in the hallway as my father talked to my new kindergarten teacher‚ I was nervous and scared like any other child my age. When my father was done talking to my new teacher‚ he pulled me off to the side and asked me how I was feeling. Not words to respond with I hugged his leg as tightly as I could and refused to let go. This only made my father laugh; he told me I had nothing to fear because I was going to have someone special with me. Looking up at him with puzzled
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Mr. Dees has undoubtedly had enough leadership experience to last him a lifetime. When reading the case study on Mr. Dees‚ it is easy to be swayed into seeing only the pitfalls of leadership when in fact it is just as easy to see the experienced gained and losses it took to get there. This is to say that within his failures Mr. Dees gained all his triumphs. By dissecting the paragraphs in Mr. Dees story‚ I will reveal the significant learning to be gained from a leadership stand point. 1. As Mr
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An Ethical Dilemma: Go Foreign or Go American “Jobs outsourcing is when U.S. companies hire foreign workers instead of Americans” (The Balance). Outsourcing jobs to foreign workers for lower pay is very common throughout the United States. However‚ outsourcing has been seen as unethical; it creates less jobs for Americans and there are very poor working conditions for these foreign workers. In the case of Carly LeBlanc and her decision on whether to buy locally or outsource and buy from foreign
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While writing and revising Mrs. Dalloway‚ Virginia Woolf was corresponding with E.M. Forster‚ who was working on A Passage to India. In September of 1921‚ she records in her diary: ``A letter from Morgan [Forster] this morning. He seems as critical of the East as of Bloomsbury‚ & sits dressed in a turban watching his Prince dance ’ ’ (Diary 2.138). His novel came out well before she finished hers; she read it and noted‚ ``Morgan is too restrained in his new book perhaps ’ ’ (Diary 2.304). A note
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Akshit Bhatnagar Student Computer Science and Engineering April 19‚ 2013 Role of Mrs. Dalloway in “Mrs. Dalloway” and effect of social structure on the role Mrs. Dalloway‚ a novel written by Virginia Woolf‚ details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway who is a high-society woman in post-World War I England. Clarissa Dalloway is fifty one year old protagonist of the novel. She is wife of Richard Dalloway and mother of Elizabeth. The novel has described a single day bringing in different characters
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Introduction Digital transformation in ACompany (Name changed) was championed by the CEO and Founder - ACompany. His intention is to “Go Digital. Go Frictionless” with the Digital Enablement project. His inspiration on why to go digital was simple‚ for him being digital meant being frictionless. He believes that when the business uses the potential of the digital ecosystem‚ everything – from customer interactions to back-end processes‚ decision support systems to enterprise integration – everything
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