Knowledge comes‚ but wisdom lingers. Lord Tennyson Frailty‚ thy name is woman! Shakespeare In the end‚ everything is a gag. Charlie Chaplin The best love affairs are those we never had. Norman Lindsay Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. Will Rogers Fortune favors the brave. Virgil I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short. Blaise Pascal Great works are performed
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Quote "Dally’s okay‚" Johnny said defensively‚ and I nodded. You take up for your buddies‚ no matter what they do. When you’re a gang‚ you stick up for your members. If you don’t stick up for them‚ stick together‚ make like brothers‚ it isn’t a gang any more. It’s a pack. A snarling‚ distrustful. bickering pack like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber. "[Dally’s] tough‚ but he’s a cool guy." this is a example of the way pony boy doesn’t want
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QUOTES 1.1“Hades‚ was the god of the dead in Greek mythology. He ruled the kingdom of the dead‚ which had the same name” (Littleton 4). 1.2”Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea‚ and the older brother of Zeus‚ the king of gods. In spite of Hades’ importance to the Greeks‚ they did not devote any rituals to him. Few myths involve Hades directly” (Littleton 4). 1.3”The kingdom of Hades was a neutral region reserved for the souls of people who deserved neither punishment nor reward upon death. The
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Summer Reading Assignment 2012 A. Top Five Quotes 1. “’I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’” (22). This is the most important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s
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minute? Good! Because that may be all it takes to log in to OXFAM.org and virtually save someone’s life. But hold on a second‚ what about your life? Your own interests? All of the other beneficial things you could do with that money? According to Peter Singer‚ you don’t really have any choice because you’re “morally obligated” to donate far more resources to famine relief and similar causes than what you currently think is enough‚ but without sacrificing anything of equivalent moral importance. In
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Transcendentalism Quotes Interpretation It looks poorest when you are richest. I: People who have enthusiasm in material possession usually can not suppress their endless desire of chasing wealth and fame‚ however‚ it shows the extreme poor inside of their spirit. They only pay attention on external possessions but never realize that the depth of thoughts and independence of lives reflect the real rich. The suitable simplicity is spirituality. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things
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He drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for Antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup‚ embossed‚ two-handled‚ golden: the cup was in his fingers: the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death? How could he? In the revelry amid his throng of friends who would imagine a single foe- though a strong foe indeed- could dare bring death’s pain on him and darkness in his eyes? (Homer‚ line 1412‚ page 1009) Over a period of time‚ Odysseus develops a hatred
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COSI QUOTES LEWIS “[hesitantly] This is an unusual position for me…I directed some plays at university…and‚ well…this is my first year out.” P7 “In a way you’re sort of testing yourself by coming here?” (Julie to Lewis p32) “Make a decision Lewis between going to the moratorium meeting or staying here.” “I’m not going to let them down.” P70 “Love is not so important nowadays.” P10 “Without love the world wouldn’t mean much.” P70 “Working with these people has changed you.” (Lucy
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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Crucible Act One 1. "So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom‚ lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in that statement? 2. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge." 3. Identify Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Betty. 4. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem? 5. Why is Thomas Putnam bitter? 6. Parris says‚ "Oh‚ Abigail
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$500‚000 for every enemy soldier killed‚ and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty”‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This fact indicates how poverty is an issue that needs more attention because of it’s significant impact on the people in the world. Peter Singer‚ an Australian humanist and philosopher‚ addresses the dilemma of poverty world-wide in his essay‚ The Singer Solution to Poverty. Singer argues how it is wrong for an individual to live well without giving substantial amounts of money to help
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