Money is the Most Important Thing in Life Everything in modern society is based on money. As the saying goes‚ money makes the world go around. Parents object to their daughters’ marriages unless their future sons-in-laws have jobs with good prospects. Many young people marry for money rather than love. Security is more important than happiness. Some people in Shanghai would even trade their self-esteem for money. Materialism influences education‚ too. Students acquire knowledge
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isolated monastery‚ 1971‚ a year before Marcos ran the Philippines. It’s about Lourdes‚ a young novice who just moved into the monastery. The movie is not very word-y‚ it took time to show everyday life in a convent: waking up‚ praying‚ doing chores‚ praying‚ sleeping‚ praying. It showed how heavy life in there could be‚ I could actually feel myself going insane in the theatre and repeatedly telling my seat-mate “I wouldn’t last a week in there.” Because‚ really‚ will you last inside the white walls
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Friendship is one of the most valuable things in life. Based on Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ the definition of a friend is‚ “A person whom one knows‚ likes and trusts.” Because there are many different types of friends that people want or need‚ the meaning of a ‘real friend’ depends on their ideas. However‚ my personal opinions of characteristics that make a good friend are being honest‚ loyal‚ and polite. Honesty is an essential characteristic of a true friend because it is one of the criteria
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Making the Best out of your Life In Job’s speech he said “ Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.” What Job’s was saying was that being close to death makes you value your life more and makes you take any opportunities available. You never know when your day will come so if you don’t take the chances you will just end up regretting all the opportunities you didn’t take. I believe that you should always live
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significant things happened to me. It started off as me being born and eventually taking my very first steps. After that‚ my life was like a roller coaster! When my Mom was in the military‚ we moved around a lot‚ we discovered a lot of new places and meet a lot of new people. When I moved to Virginia it started to feel like my life was actually starting to begin. When I started Middle School‚ I got braces‚ I met some friends and then I eventually started High School! But that wasn’t the best part of
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FrontCover-SP11:Layout 1 3/31/11 4:02 PM Page 1 ILO-001-TOC-SP11:Layout 1 11/3/11 7:25 PM Page 1 on-line digest Vol. 90‚ No. 1 • Spring 2011 IVY LEAF MAGAZINE: OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY‚ INC. special features 5 Carolyn House Stewart 2011 National Founders’ Day: Reflections & Remembrance of Timeless Service EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Deborah L. Dangerfield EXECUTIVE EDITOR Connie Lynne Cochran EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ivy Leaf (ISSN 0021-3276) is published quarterly
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only go as far as you push. Actions speak louder than words. The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love‚ love somebody else. Don’t let the past hold you back‚ you’re missing the good stuff. Life’s short. If you don’t look around once in a while you might miss it. A best friend is like a four leaf clover‚ hard to find and lucky to have. Some people make the world special just by being in it. Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us. When it hurts to look back
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My Best Friend My best friend is very special to me because she is one of a kind. Its hard to find a friend like her because she is helpful and kind. I think I am very lucky that I met her because I would have been another person without her. She is the friend that I will never forget because I have many special memories with her. I hope I never loose her because if I do I probably look for her all over the world just to find her. I have many things in common like‚ we like soccer and the color
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Period Styles ROMAN Roman Architecture: Roman Architecture has‚ since the Renaissance‚ had a more or less definite connotation: of compelling grandeur‚ planned order‚ fitness to the human eye and to the human situation. It stands today as a testament to the ability and grandeur of this once great civilization that‚ at one time‚ covered three continents. The common style of architecture formed a thread that helped keep the vast Roman Empire connected. The elements
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U64003 FILM HISTORY SHORTLIST OF TOPICS FOR IN-CLASS TEST 2 (scheduled in week 12) 1. Choose one Hollywood major studio and write a brief account of its history (e.g. typical products‚ strategies‚ organization‚ people‚ films‚ crises‚ etc.) from the “classical era” of the studio system to the advent of conglomeration. MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - part of Loew’s enterprise. Loew’s owned a movie studio‚ a network of international distribution and a theatre chain (centred in NY). By 1924 he
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