this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short. Blaise Pascal Great works are performed‚ not by strength‚ but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want. Zig Ziglar Whatever the mind can conceive and believe‚ the mind can achieve. Dr. Napoleon Hill 100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in. Wayne Gretzky "There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down
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King is telling him he will always have help‚ and no matter what happens. This is a confidence builder. “The secret to happiness is to see all the marvels of the world‚ and never to forget the drop of oil in the spoon.”- The King of Salem pg.32. This quote is important because the King is telling Santiago to enjoy his journey as an adventure‚ but to never forget his goal‚ which is to find his Personal Legend. “But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world
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“A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in…And how many want out” (Blair). I agree with Blair that this is a good way to take measure of a country because immigration is what makes countries look and feel united because it brings in new cultures and ideas. If a country has a lot of immigrants it shows that it is a welcoming country that is accepting to new cultures based on the amount of people from around the world that live there. It shows that there is a lot of diversity
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Pericles Quotes Relative to the Greek Salon Questions 1) Roles and duty of an Athenian Citizen: • • • “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” “An Athenian Citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics.” “Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas
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Verbal and Situational Irony in “The Simpsons” “The Simpsons” is the longest animated series with twenty-two seasons which has the main characters consisting of Homer‚ Marge‚ Lisa‚ Bart‚ and Maggie Simpson. The show satirizes American culture‚ society‚ television and many aspects of the human condition. Not only does “The Simpsons” have a lot of fans in America‚ but the show is watched around the globe. The Simpsons has kept their population viewing for over twenty years. For this reason
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Oedipus is the main mythological character in the play by Sophocles known as Oedipus the King. As much irony is created‚ Oedipus gets labeled as the tragic hero who killed his own father and later marries his own mother. By the end‚ he is disgusted of who he has become and begins to seek self punishment which leads to him tearing out his own eyes. The most important thing to look at are the motives for these events and how he got the where he was by the end of the play. Oedipus has a desire
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Into The Wild Seminar Prep Discussion and Quotes “’We like companionship‚ see‚ but we can’t stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost‚ come back for a while‚ then get the hell out again.’” (Krakauer 96) (Chap 8) When Krakauer mentions how “’We like companionship… but we can’t stand to be around people for very long” (Krakauer 96)‚ is this due to an innate distaste of human nature or the socially constructed byproducts of it? If the latter holds true‚ will an individual
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1. In the novel Legend‚ the author‚ Marie Lu uses a literary technique called irony. The effect of Irony on the reader in this context can make a plot twist much more interesting. At this point in the story June Iparis‚ the only person in the entire republic to get a perfect score on the trial is in Batalla hall disguising herself as a street beggar. She needs to do this so that her target‚ Day‚ will not notice that she works for the government. June is about to depart on her classified mission when
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which when he got older‚ gave him bad eyesight cause of how many times he got stung. “He sees where other people looks”‚(p.29) is the perfect quote that describes him in the book‚ and‚ “he makes strength from his own weaknesses.” Before being a hero‚ he always “struck people as honest and open‚” and a rare kind of person who makes strength from his weaknesses‚ something not very many people are able to do. He is a very inspiring character. Later in his life‚ Beowulf gets called on to help fight the
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Japanese boy‚ Chinese boy‚ Filipino boy‚ Egyptian boy‚ Arabian boy‚ I’ve been hearing those comments all my life‚ and I believe that our true nationality is mankind and color doesn’t make the difference between people. Toastmaster‚ members‚ and guests welcome and good evening‚ tonight I’m going to introduce myself by talking about my crazy way of thinking. My name is hareth alsaadi‚ my father is Syrian and my mother is Filipino‚ and I carry a Filipino passport and for me it’s just papers made by
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