that in some cases it is. If‚ for example‚ someone is seeking glory through finding the cure to cancer or some other disease that it is defiantly worth shooting for. ahugen Sep 27‚ 2010 If you’re that type of person that wants attention and money than yes‚ fame and glory are worth seeking. If not‚ then no‚ don’t go searching after fame and glory if it’s not what makes you happy. Search for what makes you happy. Disagree. Fame and glory don’t always make you content especially if you have no one
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In the texts‚ “No Name Woman” and “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”‚ both authors explore the harsh protracted struggles an individual goes through when an individual’s identity clashes with the narrative society has preset for a person of their nature. Despite a different message‚ purpose‚ and tone that defines each memoir‚ Sanders and Kingston display striking similarities in rhetorical structure and setting as they deconstruct the situations they describe as they tell their stories. Each author
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We learn from our mistakes and not from our success Do you remember the day that you lied or steal and got caught from your parents or teacher? However‚ it is not wrong to make a mistake if you learn not to do it again. Al Franken‚ the United States junior senator also stated “Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned that hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake which at least others can learn from.” I believe people
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eve was just a day away and all of us‚ my cousins and I‚ had made great plans of partying out all night and having a blast. One of my friend’s was throwing a party at his place so we had decided that we would go there and have a great time. Apart from that‚ we had decided that on our way back we would go to the beach as we had heard that for New Years Eve‚ the beach is a perfect place to go and enjoy. Now that everything was planned out‚ I just waited for the day to pass and New Year’s Eve to come
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“We need first to love our own” -ACAA “To learn the culture of other nations‚ we need first to love our own”‚ This was my final remarks at the end of my speech during the 48th NATIONAL RIZAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE CONFERENCE-National Extemporaneous Speaking Contest held last December 16‚ 2010. During that contest‚ we were asked to discuss about our rich and diverse culture and how it affects the history of our nation. Culture (Kultura in Filipino and văn hóa in Vietnamese) in my own words
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Language Arts 3-4 H 16 October 2012 We Create Our Own Monsters Monsters are different for everyone. Some may think monsters are purple‚ hairy‚ one-eyed freaks. Others may think they are atrocious beasts with chain-saws and bloody faces out to kill you! But monsters don’t just have to be a literal thing that we can see and feel. Many monsters are figurative‚ meaning that it’s not an actual real life monster but are features and characteristics made up of our own fears. Many times the things that
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QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE 94-50 159TH STREET JAMAICA‚ NEW YORK 11451 Telephone: 718-657-3181 Fax: 718-657-2579 Jie Zhang‚ Principal Lenneen Gibson‚ Assistant Principal Greg Reo‚ Assistant Principal SUMMER ASSIGNMENT FOR RISING SENIORS Tennessee Williams begins The Glass Menagerie with a comment by Tom Wingfield‚ who serves as both narrator of and character within the play: “Yes‚ I have tricks in my pocket‚ I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician
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And the glory of the Lord ‘And the glory of the lord’ is a chorus from Handle’s oratorio ‘Messiah’‚ it is written for a SATB choir with an orchestra accompaniment. It is written in a baroque style because it was written in the 18th Century. The vocal lines can be broken down into 4 different melodic ideas: ‘And the glory‚ the glory of the lord’‚ this idea is Syllabic and is comprised of a major triad then an ascending scalic melody; ‘Shall be revealed’‚ this is one of the melismatic ideas
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John Donne is not only the greatest love poet of his time‚ but also surpasses the limitation of times. Donne’s greatness as a love-poet arises from the fact that his poetry covers a wider range of emotions. He was the first English poet to challenge and break the supremacy of Petrarchan tradition. Though at times he adopts the Petrarchan devices‚ yet his imagery and rhythm‚ texture and color of his love poetry is different. There are three distinct strains of his love poetry – Cynical‚ Platonic and
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Can we be Slaves to our Desires? Epictetus argues that we can be slaves to our desires. In one example‚ a man clearly desires power and thinks he gains it by becoming Caesar’s friend; though in doing so‚ he becomes more like a slave. Although he may have increased his social status‚ he proves to be worse off and more enslaved than when he started. He now has to pay attention continuously to Caesar’s every word. He has to agonize constantly over whether the great Caesar views him favorably‚ and
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