Bibliography Emily Dickinson is a well-known American poet. According to Poets.org‚ she was born on December 10‚ 1830‚ in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. As a young child‚ Emily proved to be a bright student. It is mentioned in poets.org that she was educated at Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847 and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. In her opinion‚ her real education took place in the family library. There she indulged herself with Shakespeare‚ Sir Thomas Browne‚ John Keats‚ Robert Browning
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Julio Yanes 10/31/13 Period. 4 A.M.D.G. Ernest Hemingway "Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another". Ernest Hemingway believed that a life is not lived without taking chances. Hemingway participated in many risky and sketchy things. He played football‚ which back then was played with leather helmets‚ he also hunted big game which was one of his favorite hobbies. Throughout his life‚ masculinity and the ability
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o Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th‚ 1907‚ Coyoacán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico in her father’s beloved ‘Blue House.1’ She died at the age of 47 in her beloved blue house on Tuesday‚ July 13th‚ 1954. Frida Kahlo is one of Mexico’s most famous artists and represents resilience and strength. She was a surrealist and her artwork reflected visual honesty. Due to her weak and fragile body after her accident she went through 30 operations on her spine and made constant visits to the hospital.
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Bill Cosby William Henry "Bill" Cosby‚ Jr was born July 12‚ 1937 and is an American comedian‚ actor‚ author‚ television producer‚ educator‚ musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer‚ he got his start at various clubs‚ then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show‚ I Spy. He later starred in his own sitcom‚ The Bill Cosby Show. He was one of the major characters on the children’s television series The Electric Company for its first two seasons‚ and created the educational
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Alice Walker was born on February ninth 1944‚ the youngest of eight children raised by Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. As a child Alice’s parents worked hard‚ her mother worked for eleven hours for $17 per week. When walker was young her mother defended her kids from working in other peoples fields by saying "You might have some black children somewhere‚ but they don’t live in this house. Don’t you ever come around here again talking about how my children don’t need to learn how
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“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” This quote by Malcolm X showed that he was ready for the future‚ whatever it may be. (Moncur). Malcolm X greatly affected the turn of black de-segregation in the 1950s. He had strong beliefs‚ suffered a gruesome assassination‚ and a remarkable legacy. Malcolm Little had many strong beliefs in himself and in people all over the world. Malcolm Little educated himself‚ so was able to find out what he believed. For one‚ he changed his name
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Professor golf player Tiger Woods was born in Cyprus‚ California on December 30‚ 1975. Woods won the U.S. Masters at Augusta in 1997 with a record score at the age of 21. He was the youngest man and first African American to earn the title. In 2009‚ Woods took a hiatus from golf‚ returning in 2010‚ but as his personal life took a turn for the worse‚ the golfer was not at the top of his game. Contents Quotes "The greatest thing about tomorrow is‚ I will be better than I am today...There
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Hazrat Khaki says (in Qasida Lamia in praise of Baba Hardey Reshi) 01) He was reciting Awrad-i-Fathia every morning for years together and this fact was a proof of his true belief. 02) He was offering group prayers all the five times for years together. He did not leave this Sunnah without a necessity. 03) Day and night he would offer ‘nafal’ prayers and would pray to God with humility. 04) He would remember God in all the manners‚ but it was his usual practice to control his breath in this process
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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was born to a middle-class family in Ausburg‚ Bavaria. After attending the University of Munich‚ he moved to Berlin‚ the center of contemporary German cultural life‚ and found work as assistant dramaturge at the Deustches Theater in 1924. There‚ he achieved his first great success in 1928 with the production of his Threepenny Opera‚ the most famous of his many collaborations with composer Kurt Weill. This modern morality tale on gangsters and capitalists won him massive
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On August second‚ 1859‚ a great man departed from earth. Horace Mann‚ politician‚ teacher‚ unitarist‚ and above all‚ hero‚ died of natural causes at Antioch College. In the 63 years he was alive‚ he made a huge impact on society and changed the world for the better. Mann was born on May fourth‚ 1796‚ in Franklin‚ Massachusetts. His father was a poor farmer and consequently Mann only had six weeks of schooling a year between the time he was 10 years old and 20 years old. At age 23 he graduated from
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