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    Louis Armstrong Biography

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    Louis Armstrong was an amazing musician and artist. As a well known jazz musician‚ Mr. Armstrong has an autobiography of how he rose up and became one of the greatest jazz musicians and artist in history. Armstrong’s book was written by an award winning historian and biographer named Laurence Bergreen. Born on the 4th of February‚ he has written many wonderful books‚ and had some translated into 25 different languages his latest book is called Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius. Another one

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    The Life of Louis Armstrong

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    The Life of Louis Armstrong He was known as the greatest of all jazz musicians. He defined what it really was to play genuine jazz music and taught the world to swing. He included joy‚ spontaneity‚ and amazing technical abilities. Louis Armstrong was a genius when it came to his inventive musical ability. In this paper‚ I will tell you about who Armstrong was‚ his early childhood‚ accomplishments‚ and his living legacy. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana which

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    Nicole Walker Wisdom and Action Scenario HSM/230 3/8/2012 Carmen Davis Wisdom and Action Scenario 1. In this case the known facts are that the volunteer director applied for help from different agencies to help provide a salary for a needed part-time employee for help within their organizations. The fact is the director received 3 times more than was expected. An the other known fact was out of the three agencies only two required that these

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    Using Practical Wisdom

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    For most people‚ there is a kind of collective dissatisfaction in our mind. This kind of dissatisfaction occurs in both the way institution run in our society and the way we use when we do our own work. We are worry about whether social institutions such as banks‚ schools are doing the right things to have our interest at heart‚ whether we should trust them or not and whether our choice itself is the right thing. To respond this sort of dissatisfaction‚ there are two measures. From the external

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    there’s no more- Louis Armstrong He means that the musician doesn’t stop playing the music until he has no more music to play and for a good musician they make songs all the way until they are deceased. Louis Armstrong was an important figure in American history because he is the most influential person of jazz if he didn’t do what he did jazz probably would have went unnoticed and people probably would have turned the other cheek to that genre of music. Born Louis Daniel Armstrong on August 4th 1901

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    Knowledge VS Wisdom

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    Knowledge is gathered from learning and education while most say that wisdom is gathered from day to day experiences and is a state of being wise. Knowledge is merely having clarity of facts and truths while wisdom is the practical ability to make consistently good decisions in life. Definition Knowledge is defined as acquaintance with facts‚ truths‚ or principles‚ as from study or investigation; general erudition. familiarity or conversance‚ as with a particular subject

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    With Age Comes Wisdom

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    With Age Comes Wisdom Date: February 2‚ 2013 Course: PSY\220 When people think of wisdom the immediately think of it as someone who has scholarly knowledge or received a lot of learning‚ but it could also be defined as having the knowledge of what is true or right. When asked what is wisdom the common answer is the gift of knowing everything but it is more of a person possessing an open mind to further increase their knowledge. People gain most of their wisdom not from a classroom

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    Wisdom from Suffering

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    Amber Lyles Humanities HNS Period 9th 18 September 2011 Wisdom From Suffering “Suffering is the price of being alive.”; “make use of suffering.” These straight forward quotes sourced from the thoughts of Judy Collins and Henri-Frederic Amiel are produced from different origins but compatible. Collins’s is stemmed from the idea that suffering cannot be avoided and Amiel’s is from his philosophy of the art of living. Most people try to deny and avoid the path of suffering. Yet‚ they often

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    "The term homo sapiens is a misnomer." -Mr. Alex Sapiens means "wise man" in Latin‚ and refers to humans’ exceptional ability to think and reason‚ compared to all the other animal species. Are we humans as smart as we are made out to be‚ though? Human intelligence’s superiority strongly depends on what it is being compared to. In the past‚ people have made absurd mistakes and said things that make us feel ashamed to even call ourselves one of the same species. For example‚ the Catholic church used

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    Louis Armstrong Essay

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    Armstrong‚ seeming to be part of a pattern followed by great musicians‚ had a lamentable childhood‚ being born on August 4‚ 1901‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ in “a section so poor that it was nicknamed ‘The Battlefield’” (“Louis Armstrong”). After being arrested at the young age of 11 for shooting his stepfather’s firearm in the air while celebrating New Year’s Eve‚ Armstrong was sent to the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. He quickly developed

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