one possibly view indifference as a virtue? Is it necessary at times to practice it simply to keep one’s sanity‚ live normally‚ enjoy a fine meal and a glass of wine‚ as the world around us experiences harrowing upheavals?” (Elie Weisel Nobel Peace Prize Speech). Indifference denotes an absence of feeling or interest; unconcern‚ an absence of concern or solicitude‚ calm or cool indifference in the face of what might be expected to cause uneasiness or apprehension; listlessness‚ an absence of inclination
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Philip Schultz in Collin College- spring Creek Philip Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the founder/director of The Writers Studio‚ a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in New York City. He wrote several books including the Pulitzer Prize winning collection of poems called Failure. He was invited to Collin College to present his recent book called My Dyslexia. He is a famous writer and poet who had realized he had dyslexia at the age of 58 when his own son was diagnosed
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Introduction Malala Yousafzai is a nineteen year old activist for women’s rights and education. She had confronted the Taliban in Mingora‚ Pakistan‚ she was shot in the head and miraculously survive. She was born on July 12 1997‚ her first languages are Pashto and Urdu‚ she lives in the Swat Valley region in Khyber‚‚ Pakistan. Some people who look up to her always say that her bravery made her a target. When she knew that the Taliban shut down all of the schools for girls. She gave a speech‚ nobody
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curiosity. Curiosity is a gift of the soul. Curiosity is the soul saying that it wants to learn how to express itself even more. 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner‚ Barack Obama‚ tells the world that it isn’t he who has won the prize. He says that all Americans out in the world‚ who better their society by being actively involved‚ are the true winners of the prize. A common attribute that all these peoples include contributing to their own success is activeness‚ activeness through their soul. All these
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the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorizing the federal government to enforce desegregation of public accommodations and outlawing discrimination in publicly owned facilities. This also led to Martin Luther King receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for 1964. King’s struggle continued throughout the 1960s. Often‚ it seemed as though the pattern of progress was two steps forward and one step back. On March 7‚ 1965‚ a civil rights march‚ planned from Selma to Alabama’s capital in Montgomery‚
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Literature in the 1960’s Literature. Works of amazing writing with lasting caliber and quality. Throughout history‚ literature of all kinds has had a big impact on what happened in history.Novels‚ influence the way we think about the world. Newspapers‚ inform us on what’s going on all around us. Ads‚ essays‚ articles‚ and more are a big part of our lives‚ without us ever even noticing them. They show up in places we look for entertainment‚ or become the entertainment itself. They notify us on what
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planetary emergency led him to win the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Upon accepting his award he gave a detailed lecture about global warming and its causes‚ effects‚ and a plan to solve the crisis. Gore introduces his lecture with the a little history behind the Nobel Prizes. Alfred Nobel began the Nobel Prizes in the 1800’s. Seven years before he created the prize he invented the “Dynamite”‚ which created negative views upon his name. The Nobel Prize was created for a better judgment of his name and to
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In the Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Martin Luther King is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize but realizing that people are suffering. He presents his speech by using examples‚ analogies‚ and the repetition of words‚ figurative language and inductive and deductive reasoning. Martin Luther King specific purpose of the speech was to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He is talking for other people (men and women) over the world that suffers racial injustice. He reminds people that there is hope
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accounting‚ politics and in military theory. Within his lifetime Nash has received several prestigious awards. In 1978 he was awarded the John Von Neumann Theory Prize. In 1994 he and his coworkers Reinhard Selton and John Harsanyi were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and he was also awarded the Abel Prize in 2015 for his work on non linear partial differential equations. John Forbes Nash Jr. was born in Bluefield‚ West Virginia in 1928 to his father John Forbes Nash
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Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people” (nobelprize.org). Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music awards in a very rude‚ inappropriate manner. Obama‚ during an interview with The Atlantic‚ called Kanye West a “jackass” for his inappropriate actions. And finally‚ during an opening monologue Conan O’Brien jokingly said‚ “President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee said they
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