We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us..... The old "manifest destiny" idea ought to be modified so that each nation has the manifest destiny to do the best it can - and that without cant‚ without the assumption of self-righteousness and with a desire to learn to the uttermost from other nations. ~Francis John McConnell I believe in America because we have great dreams - and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true. ~Wendell
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February 2014 Richelle Mott Interpretation of Aaron Copland‚ “How We Listen”. If you find yourself spending more time with your I-pod than your television‚ have a large hard drive for your computer devoted solely to music files‚ or make like the kids in the popular television series “Glee” and randomly burst into song‚ then you most likely consider yourself quite the music aficionado. An article entitled “How We Listen” by Aaron Copland suggests otherwise. In it‚ he breaks down listening
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from day one it was like society was this violent ‚ complicated dance and everybody had taken lessons but me . knocked to the floor again ‚ climbing to my feet each time ‚ bloody and humiliated . always met with disapproving faces ‚ waiting for me to leave so I’d stop fucking up the party . they wanted to push me outside ‚ where the freaks huddled in the cold . out there with the misfits ‚ the broken ‚ the glazed-eye types who can only watch as the normals enjoy their shiny new cars and careers
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“Don ’t cry because it ’s over‚ smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss “You ’ve gotta dance like there ’s nobody watching‚ Love like you ’ll never be hurt‚ Sing like there ’s nobody listening‚ And live like it ’s heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey “You only live once‚ but if you do it right‚ once is enough.” ― Mae West “In three words I can sum up everything I ’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost “Insanity is doing the same thing‚ over and over again‚ but expecting
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started into the world of drugs. For example‚ a teenager could be at a party with some friends and then all of the sudden get asked to smoke weed or take xanax to “relax”. With all of their friends around watching and saying things like‚ “come on dude just
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From the reading “How We Listen”‚ I found the ideas that Aaron Copland presented are interesting. I was entreated by his explanation of listening to music. There are three layers in listening to music‚ they are the sensuous plane‚ expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane. I found myself mostly in the expressive plane‚ but lack of the awareness of listening music through a more technical mean. Music is a form an expression‚ it cannot be defined by an exact word or description. Certainly‚ there
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brave. Virgil I made 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:
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IMPORTANT QUOTES ‘MACBETH’ Act 1: First Witch: “When shall we three meet again / In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?” All three witches: “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” Sergeant: “but all’s too weak; / For brave Macbeth‚ – well he deserves that name‚ / Disdaining fortune‚ with his brandish’d steel‚ / Which smok’d with bloody execution‚ / Like / valour’s minion carv’d out his passage / Till he fac’d the slave.” Ross: “Bellona’s bridegroom” Duncan: “No more that Thane of Cawdor
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learn that Friar Lawrence tends to be the voice of reason and the one many people listen to. The Friar gives his thoughts and explanations to Romeo and Juliet. ¨These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die‚ like fire and powder‚ Which‚ as they kiss‚ consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in
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My willingness to listen score is 52 out of 75. For avoiding interruption‚ I score perfect because when someone is talking I let her or him finish talking first‚ then I give my opinion. For postponing evaluation I score perfect because I always try to keep an open mind about others point of view by listening to their opinion and not jumping into any conclusion until they are done talking. For showing interest‚ I score moderate because people can infrequently tell when I am not concentrating on what
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