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    Jose Mourinho Quotes

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    MOURINHO Anatomy of a Winner By Patrick Barclay Important quotes and citations 1) “´... we have to prepare coaches not just to teach youngsters about what happens on the pitch but about psychology‚ physiology‚ drugs‚ doping and social education. The coach of the future will have to be at different times a teacher‚ a buddy‚ a father‚ a friend‚ etc....He will need above all the ability to listen and pass on a message. He must be credible and able to defend his values`.” (Page 6-7) 2) “The modern

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    Jose Rizal Movie

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    Reaction Paper on the Movie Rizal The movie “Jose Rizal” is all about our National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal – Hislife and works‚ his struggles in order to free his countrymen from abuse‚ until hisdeath under the hands of the Spaniards who occupied our country for a very longtime.Most of the scenes of the film took place during Rizal’s imprisonment atDapitan wherein he meets Taviel‚ a Spanish officer‚ who will eventually defendhim on his trial in court. During their meeting‚ Taviel asks Rizal everything

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    In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ figurative blindness possesses beauty‚ in that it allows the “blind” individual to construct their own unique world‚ all of which is created through the distinct perception of various experiences‚ not necessarily the actual sequence and nature of events. Blindness is essentially a‚ “social construction” (Batman‚ ThisAmericanLife)‚ in that society has created this disability‚ whether it be physical or mental‚ demonstrating the notion that beliefs and opinions towards

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    Jose Rizal's Resume

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    Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda JOB OBJECTIVES: To contribute to the nationalism and patriotism of the Filipino people; to inspire the Filipino youth of today. PERSONAL IDENTITY: Sex: Male Place/Date of Birth: Calamba‚ Laguna/ June 19‚1861 Religion: Roman Catholic  Marital Status: Single Address: Calamba‚ Laguna‚ Philippines Mother’s Name: Teodora Alonzo y Quintos Father’s Name: Francisco Mercado Rizal EDUCATION: (1869 – 1872)

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    The Use of Blindness in Oedipus Rex Authors often use blindness both metaphorically and literally to describe their characters. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles begins the play with literally blind Thebans suffering from a plague that their metaphorically blind king has brought upon them. Oedipus‚ being the king‚ is trying to help his blind Thebans. In doing this‚ he blindly curses the murderer of the late King Laius for bringing this plague‚ not knowing that the murderer is himself. When

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    The Life Of José Martí

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    José Martíwas born in Havana on Jan. 28‚ 1853‚ of Spanish parents. at 16 he published a Havana newspaper‚ La Patria Libre‚ and wrote a dramatic poem‚ Abdala. sentenced to prison as a teenager for expressing his support for the revolution (during the Ten-Year War) Martí is considered one of the great turn-of-the-century Latin American intellectuals. His written works consist of a series of poems‚ essays‚ letters‚ lectures‚ a novel‚ and even a children’s magazine Martí was the elder brother to

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    Effects of Physical Blindness People can in fact be blinded to the truth‚ the solution to their problems may have been completely oblivious‚ yet somehow still oblivious. We often make assumptions between being blind and enlightened. With Blindness one may not have sight but another type of vision. In king Oedipus‚ Tiresias‚ the blind prophet‚ presents the truth to Oedipus and Jocasta. Oedipus has been blind his whole life‚ and when faced with the truth‚ lost his the truth is uncovered she still cannot

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    In literature‚ blindness serves a general significant meaning of the absence of knowledge and insight. It serves this same purpose in Sophocles’ classic tragedy‚ Oedipus Rex. In this piece‚ blindness manifests itself in three ways: intellectual blindness‚ which is the refusal or inability to accept knowledge; physical blindness‚ which is being without the physical sense of sight; and metaphorical blindness‚ which is what blindness symbolizes or means for each character affected by it. In all aspects

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    Jose Rizal as a Reformist

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    Jose Rizal‚ our national hero‚ was one of the Filipinos who asked for reforms. These reforms will grant the ultimate dream of the reformists; assimilation. Filipinos will be given the rights that they deserve. Rizal choose to seek for reforms than to start a revolution because he knew that Philippines was not yet ready to stand on its own (during his time). Rizal used his liberal ideas in asking for reforms. Rizal joined the Circulo Hispano Filipino when he was still in Europe. This organization

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    the downfall of Oedipus as a result from his blindness to the truth. Even though many of the characters in this play are physically able to see‚ their fates are certain by their lack of physiological sight. The blind prophet Teiresias shows‚ one does not need vision to see the truth. The many examples of blindness that Sophocles gives his characters are some of the greatest aspects in determining the outcome of this play. The first time Oedipus’ blindness is seen is when he denounces the murder of

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