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    Secret of Success

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    thethingswesay.com/quotes/failure-is-the-condiment-that-gives-success-its-flavor/ “Optimists enrich the present‚ enhance the future‚ challenge the improbable and attain the impossible”. William Arthur Ward http://www.thethingswesay.com/quotes/tag/optimism/ “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them”. Wall Disney http://4.bdcstatic.com/assets/871727646/52c7439ccc786b42867adb08/quoteoftheday.png “The price of success is hard work‚ dedication to the job at hand‚ and the determination

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    accepting change

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    at change in a pessimistic manner. This happiness‚ due to the change‚ allows room for compassion in his heart. Very few people can still show their care and love for someone‚ when they’re feeling broken inside or lacking the needed happiness and optimism needed to be tenderhearted. However‚ accepting change can lead to happiness which could ultimately lead to the change of heart of somebody and mold them into a more compassionate and understanding person. We also cannot enjoy the beauty and complete

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    History matters

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    Quinton D. Stallworth 8/28/14 "History Still Matters" By: Bill Moyers (Questions) 1. Moyers compares the study of history to “the view in the rearview mirror.”In what ways is this quote an apt comparison? Much like a rearview mirror you always look in to the past with caution. The longer you look in the past the more you understand your situation much like the mirror while you’re driving. Without either you’d be lost. And Finally just like looking into the past‚ it’s a neccessary effort that

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    Vision

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    Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Posted on October 22‚ 2012 at 7:00 PM Do you get a great ideas and then plan and plan‚ and plan some more? After all‚ you want to get the details just right before you execute the ideas. Or are you more like the converse and jump headlong into something without having a clear understanding of it? The details will work themselves out as you go‚ right? If you operate at either end of the spectrum‚ you could be hampering

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    the word about the conflict they faced. This can help other people understand what those people faced during the time of conflict and what not to do. The staff from Mayo Clinic declared‚ “Indeed‚ some studies show that personality traits such as optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your health and well-being” (Mayo Clinic Staff). When people have an optimistic attitude they can help others as well as themselves. If people have an optimistic attitude towards others‚ than that could help

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    Need Us (pp. 285-301)‚ Bill Joy expresses a powerful pessimism about the dangers of technologies that may be developed later in our century. Joy also a muted optimism about humans ability to use ethical principles to avoid those dangers. What are Joys best reasons for being pessimistic What are his strongest reasons for expressing optimism As you consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of those reasons‚ explain whether and why you find yourself more pessimistic or more optimistic about the

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    Last leaf

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    A Short Story By O’ Henry Themes: Death and Dying: Last leaf is a short story that entails the treasury of life and the existence of faith and hope. It need to the importance of living and how we deal with the hindrances we battle through our life story. It is a moving story across the traps that come across us in the most significant parts of our lives‚ the value of life is the centerpiece of story‚ where all the things go back and revolve…Apart of this story gives us a hint that God is the only

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    “Larkin is a pessimistic rather than optimistic poet” – Discuss Larkin has been regarded as a pessimistic poet. Larkin surely takes a very dark view of human life. The main emphasis in his poem is on failure and frustration in human life. However Larkin is not a uniformly pessimistic poet. Some of his poems have a profoundly moral character‚ which expresses itself in the need to control and organize life‚ rather than submit to a pre-determined pattern of failure. There is generally a debate going

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    Michael Kors “South by Southwest‚ the optimism of an endless horizon and blue skies ahead.” The speaker of this quote‚ Michael Kors‚ makes being successful sound easy with these poetic words. For him‚ that was just the case. Michael Kors‚ noted fashion designer‚ has been going strong in the industry since he was approximately nineteen years old. Through my undying love for his clothing and respect for his motivation and persistence to become who he is today‚ I look up to him as an individual

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    Hope versus reality-where do you stand? Hope is the quintessential human delusion‚ simultaneously is the source of the person greatest strength‚ and the greatest weakness. It is true to say that somewhere between optimism and pessimism is where we usually find realism. Logically‚ it is impossible to stop yourself from hoping certain things‚ but it becomes a problem when hope for something good becomes a delusion. It is good to hope for better conditions‚ but it is bad to call hope a virtue

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