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    represents happiness and joy. Traditionally‚ red is widely used in Chinese New Year as well as other festivals in order to symbolize a good fortune and luck. In these festive periods‚ people tend to dress themselves in red clothes (sometimes including red underwear) to wish for good fortune in the coming year. Being a symbol of happiness and good luck‚ the colour of red is also a traditional bridal colour. The traditional wedding dress‚ for example‚ is red in colour. Other accessories as well as the

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    success‚ others think that luck is more important. I totally agree with the quotation‚ because I believe that success comes from hard work‚ as Newton said “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration”. People often believe that luck is something that is beyond our control. How can we know when we get a big contract? How can we predict when our experiment give way for a new discovery? I disagree with this kind of belief. In my opinion‚ luck is the combination of events

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    Superstition and Science

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    affect our daily life. For example in China when your right eye blinks it is bad luck while in Morocco and most of the Arab countries it means that someone related to you is thinking of you. So if Superstition is ignorance‚ then how can it be related to Science? A lot of our Superstitions stem from Human Consciousness which leads us to co-create our reality‚ for instance breaking mirrors will have seven years of bad luck. Where did these beliefs come from? And based on what kind of facts were they

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    figure in Huck’s life (SparkNotes Editors). One of the first times I saw superstition in the story was Huck’s superstition of bad luck. “Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder‚ and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up. I didn’t need anybody to tell me that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck‚ so I was scared and most shook the clothes off me. I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast

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    Superstitions Informative Speech General Purpose – To Inform Specific Purpose – To inform the audience of superstitions Central Idea – The origin of superstitions‚ the different superstitions‚ superstitions in religions‚ and why people have/create superstitions INTRODUCTION 1. “When you believe in things‚ That you don ’t understand‚  Then you suffer‚ Superstition ain’t the way” –Stevie Wonder 2. Superstitions have been around since the earliest days of humanity a. Everyone has

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    Baseball Magic George Gmelch On each pitching day for the first three months of a winning season‚ Dennis Grossini‚ a pitcher on a Detroit Tiger farm team‚ arose from bed at exactly 10:00 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. he went to the nearest restaurant for two glasses of iced tea and a tuna sandwich. Although the afternoon was free‚ he changed into the sweatshirt and supporter he wore during his last winning game‚ and‚ one hour before the game‚ he chewed a wad of Beech-Nut chewing tobacco. After each pitch

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    generally does not include any emphasis on these seemingly irrational beliefs that motivate behavior. Nevertheless‚ superstitious actions are common in our society. Avoiding walking under ladders in order to ward off disaster‚ crossing fingers for good luck‚ and knocking on wood surfaces to ensure continued prosperity or avoid tragedy are examples of commonplace superstitions that have permeated society since ancient times. Superstition has had different meanings in different cultures and epochs. One

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    notion‚ not based on reason or knowledge. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to folk beliefs deemed irrational. This leads to some superstitions being called "old wives’ tales". It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck‚ prophecy and spiritual beings‚ particularly the irrational belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events. Superstition and religion See also: Evolutionary psychology of religion and Evolutionary origin of religions In

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    A Loser Syndrome

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    should do is not to give up easily. A disappointed person is like a magnet that attracts only failure and unhappiness. That’s why a person should change himself and his attitude to everything surrounding him to start attracting just positive things as luck and success. Stop thinking yourself a victim of circumstances or personal unluckiness‚ instead‚ believe in success‚ prosperity‚ and wealth. After all‚ people usually feel sorrow to victims‚ but don’t want to have any cooperative affairs and transactions

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    her friends‚ she used to tell them stories at night and all friends loved her stories. One day‚ captain Crewe was so sick because he bought a land in which he spent all his money and he expected that there were diamonds in this land but to his bad luck there was no diamonds. At this time‚ it was Sara’s birthday‚ Miss Minchin made a large party for Sara and she spent a lot of money to make this party. While Sara and her friends were enjoying their time in the party‚ a letter came. There were bad news

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