~George M. Cohan 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
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The minute I woke up this morning I knew something felt strange. It was as if I was seventy pounds lighter! I felt as though there was nothing holding me down. When I opened my eyes and started to move‚ I realized I was not even lying on my bed. It seemed like I was floating. Immediately‚ I thought about being in space‚ and if this wasn’t just a dream how fun it would be! I thought too soon and it actually turned out to be a really bad day. Getting up was a struggle. There was nothing holding
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Valenzuela from his exile in Dapit=E1n in June 1896‚ the year of his death‚ Jos=E9 Rizal expressed his views on Philippine revolution in response to Valenzuela’s news that an uprising was imminent. Rizal wrote: That I do not approve. A revolution without arms should not be started against an armed nation. Its consequences will be fatal and disastrous to that country. The Filipinos will necessarily have to lose owing to lack of arms. The Spaniards‚ once conquerors‚ will annihilate
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Life without Television When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚ my sister and I thought we would have a terrible week. How could we get through the long evenings in such a quite house? What would it be like without all the shows to keep us company? We soon realized‚ though‚ that living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and
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Eh‚ I mean‚ I think my problem with most of their conflicts is because it’s over a woman. Like‚ Hayley emotionally manipulated Elijah to dagger Klaus; Klaus was right in being mad and wanting revenge on Hayley. Elijah being mad that Klaus killed Gia. Klaus didn’t **have** to do that‚ but Elijah shouldn’t have let Hayley use him like that and basically take Klaus’ child from him. Those were the consequences. Plus‚ that was Elijah’s whole focal point‚ getting Klaus’ redemption through Hope‚ but he
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been invented yet and our clothes do not dry themselves‚ but what I believe has happened has been less convenient and more harmful to our everyday lives. Sure‚ it might be convenient when we are shopping to use our song identifier to find out the name of that new song‚ but when we can use our cell phones to track other people on Facebook‚ one has to think‚ where is the line drawn and how is this going to affect future generations? This is turning our basic knowledge upside down‚ and I believe children
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Rebel Without a Cause One of the major themes that are presented throughout the whole entire movie is the dysfunctional relationship between one of the characters and their fathers. The movie portrays father figures as problematic which then shape the actions and the characters themselves as the movie progresses. We can see all three dynamics of the father figure presented through Jim‚ Judy‚ and Plato. Through Jim‚ the father figure that he is presented with is a father who is weak allows himself
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There is no Success without Sacrifice There is no success without sacrifice because as we know Jesus gave the most excellent sacrifice! He gave his life so we can have life. (He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins‚ and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world). 1 John 2:2 Forgiveness is the key to a great ministry and being an effective Christian‚ (believer). (This is love: not that we loved God‚ but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins)
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NOVELS BY FILIPINO AUTHORS IN ENGLISH Updated on 14 June 2011 Alanguilan‚ Gerry. Elmer. SLG Publishing‚ 2010. [FANTASY/GRAPHIC NOVEL] __________. Humanis Rex! Fudge‚ 2005. [FANTASY/GRAPHIC NOVEL] __________. Wasted. Alamat‚ 2002. [ACTION/GRAPHIC NOVEL] Alanguilan‚ Gerry and Arlan Esmeña. Where Bold Stars Go to Die. Komikero‚ 2009. [EROTICA/GRAPHIC NOVEL] Alfar‚ Dean Francis. Salamanca. Ateneo‚ 2007. [FANTASY] Alumit‚ Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. MacAdam/Cage‚ 2002. [LITERARY FICTION] __________
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practices are more covert and seemingly nonracial‚ making this kind of discrimination seem more acceptable and politically correct. The Civil Rights Movement forced society to implement a new‚ subtler way to perpetuate racial inequality. In Racism Without Racists‚ Bonilla-Silva describes the justification of this new nonracial racial ideology that he calls colorblind racism. Bonilla-Silva posits that this new colorblind ideology was centered on four central themes‚ “abstract liberalism‚ naturalization
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