delivered by the keynote speaker Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane University was to congratulate‚ motivate and deliver a powerful message to the Tulane 2009 graduates. The ceremony was a year after Hurricane Katrina devastation. Ellen was born and raised in New Orleans and she came back to her hometown to talk to “Hurricane class” which suffered loss after the hurricane. Ellen bonded with them emotionally by telling a tragic story of her girlfriend being killed in the accident. Ellen shares that before she became
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Biographical Sketch To most‚ Ellen DeGeneres is widely known as a comedian and daytime talk show host. Not only is she that‚ she is also a humanitarian‚ and an influence to many. Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born on January 26‚ 1958; she is one of two children born to Elizabeth and Elliott DeGeneres. DeGeneres spent most of her childhood in her hometown‚ Metairie‚ Louisiana‚ but while in high school relocated to Atlanta‚ Texas after her parents divorced. Ms. DeGeneres attended the University of New
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“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” --Paulo Coelho This‚ I believe that everyone was conceived for a certain purpose in life. Now the question is whether you are more willing to fulfill that purpose or not? Tis better to appraise what one has and is in life than contemplating now and then how life should have been‚ and will be. In other words‚ living as if today was the last day‚ as if nothing matters in your life‚ will possibly help one endure things like stress‚ anxiety
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你们想再听听 她的声音吗？ 很抱歉，我不是来播电影的 我是来介绍ellen Degeneres [diˌdʒenəˈres]的 可能在我演讲之前，你们根本不了解，甚至不知道她是谁 before my speech， maybe you don’t understand‚ don’t even know who she is 可能从我刚才的介绍中，你以为，我接下来要介绍她是一个如何出色的配音员 May I introduce from now‚ you think‚ I would introduce how she is a excellent dubbing [ˈdʌbiŋ] staff But all wrong，so listen up. E是一个充满机智与幽默的主持和演员 E is a host [host] and actor who full of wit and humor 父母在她13岁的时候离婚，她由她的母亲养大。那时候她母亲有深度的忧郁，那个时候Ellen用幽默逗母亲开心，这也是Ellen第一次意识到幽默的力量。 Parents divorced
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Seymour English 112 E March 19‚ 2012 Ellen Foster Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons is a book about growing up. However it is different than your typical growing up story because the main character Ellen has to “grow up” at such a young age. Many children in today’s society have to face the same hardships as Ellen because families are beginning to fall apart more. Another main theme and struggle that Ellen has to deal with in this book is the issue of racism. Ellen is white and her best friend‚ Starletta
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English 8CP This I Believe: Writing Instructions [modified from: http://www.thisibelieve.org] The This I Believe essay form is based on a 1950’s radio program of the same name‚ where Americans from all walks of life shared their personal philosophies and core values that guided their daily lives. In your essay‚ you will narrow this focus‚ writing only a statement of personal religious belief. Below are some suggestions to guide you through this process. Name your belief: If you
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THIS I BELIEVE When I was 10 years old I lost a part of me that any child needs to feel completely I lost my dad ‚ Its gotten easier to talk about it but it also seems like it was yesterday. I remember just being home on a regular Saturday afternoon never thinking of how life is so short . My mother gets a phone call an automatically me and my sister come to conclusion that ethier someone is really hurt or has past away it never past my mind that the person would be my father. I cant really remember
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ance and belonging. Ellen herself effects this major change by force of her own will. Realizing her own family "is and always has been crumbly old brick‚" not meant to stick together‚ she targets a "foster" family that looks nice and decides to belong to them. She saves her money and on Christmas Day appears on the foster family’s doorstep‚ ready to present $160 to her new mama and secure a place in the family. Before Ellen targets the foster family as the one she wants‚ she is nearly alone in
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Kaila Hammonds Confidence is key I believe in confidence. Being confident in others and myself. I believe confidence can help you achieve greater things. If I am confident in myself‚ others will be confident in me as well. Confidence can either be gained or lost. Being confident with myself and others effects things I do daily such as giving presentations or talking to other people. If I wasn’t as confident as I am now‚ doing easy tasks such as those would be difficult. Growing up‚ things
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TbsBrady John August 18‚ 2013 Mr. Widness Living in the Moment I believe in living in the moment. I can’t control what I did yesterday‚ nor can I control what will happen tomorrow. What I can control is what I do today. I often wonder what would have happened if I could change the past. Would I be the same person that I am today? The moment is all you have‚ all you are guaranteed‚ and all you can change. The past is gone and the future is unknown. Life is too fast for me to worry about days
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