from their new vocation. Not all writers will be best sellers‚ not all artists will have exhibitions at the Tate Gallery and not all musicians will have a hit record. This begs the question: is it better to shoot for your dreams and fail than not try at all? After all‚ it is possible to spend a lot of time and money pursuing your passion only to end up very stressed‚ very tired and very broke. If you have managed to pursue your dreams‚ even if it doesn’t work out‚ at least you have the knowledge
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to have success in your life. Maybe gain in a substantial form could not be transformed by some mathematical formula to value how happy a person feel. It might be that only through pain‚ do people value what they have gain‚ and feel the pleasure of success.It is just a matter of attitude what we see as gain and - unfortunately - we increasingly tend to substitute social and emotional values by financial and economical ones. And is not only the economical gain that matters. At least‚ no matter what
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According to Seneca‚ a Roman philosopher‚ “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” In other words‚ the boldest thing in this world is to see an honorable person fighting against misfortune‚ and never give up. I agree with this statement because it happens in real life and in literature. A man who goes against tragedy caused by nature‚ human or himself is considered great and honorable. Two works of literature that illustrate the quote as I have explained
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When faced with adversities‚ the natural way of a human to respond to them are to fix them or just try to move on‚ but in some novels characters have to go through the worst of them‚ so let’s talk about how they felt and what they went through. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 was one of the best books I have ever read because of the plot and the moments that really got to me. Mattie was one of the main characters and she went through
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Adversity It was the classic high school romance: she was the cheerleader‚ gymnast‚ and sprinter. He played football‚ basketball‚ and baseball. She was a junior and he was a freshman‚ but that didn’t matter. They spent a lot of time together- he used to either come watch her during gymnastics or call her right after practice. She went to all his games. Neither of them worked‚ but they had each other. Their relationship was great. On Valentine’s Day‚ he cooked her some chicken for dinner‚ and it
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I was just as shocked as everyone else when I first met my friend Uzo‚ his life has been everything but regular just because of his skin color and nationality. In fact‚ what makes him so distinctive is the mixture of both his black skin color and Ukrainian descent. My friend was born back in Soviet times from an African father that he has never seen and a white Ukrainian mother. Despite the fact that his mother was Caucasian‚ his skin color turned out being as dark as it could‚ his hair was as curly
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Calculate Melinda’s net Capital Gain (or net capital Loss) and tax payable for 2011-2012 income year. Key question that has to be determined is whether a CGT event occurred in reference to a CGT asset‚ if so has this resulted in a gain or loss or is the item exempt under s100-30 Under Div 118 ITAA 1997 the following items are exempt under the following clauses Fridge purchased for $900 in 2006 - S108-20(2) if acquired as a personal asset – intent not to be kept for income producing purposes
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Efficient Buildings Internal Heat Gains and Design Heating & Cooling Loads Internal Heat Gains People and electrical equipment in buildings give off heat. These internal heat gains must be included in energy balances on the building or zone to determine the net heating or cooling load. Heat Gain From People Typical sensible‚ latent and total heat rates given off by people are shown in the table below (ASHRAE Fundamentals‚ 2005). The sensible heat gain results from radiation and convection
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life‚ if you’re a guy‚ you’ve certainly heard the phrase "no pain‚ no gain." Well‚ what does it really mean? To some men‚ it means that if you don’t suffer‚ then you’re not going to get anything or get anywhere. Well‚ this is partly true. My own interpretation is this: The Pain If you are the type of guy who stuff’s his feelings and pain of any kind‚ emotional or otherwise‚ then you are a "pain-avoider" and the "no pain‚ no gain" approach doesn’t really work for you. You’re saying might be "No pain
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„No pain‚ no gain” It’s completely true that you can’t accomplish anything without going through some sort of pain. Life is brutal. If we dream to be successful and victorious in something that we want to achieve‚ we have to prepare for a lot of hard work and some ups and downs‚ which will bring us some thoughts to give up. Who said that life is going to be easy? No pain‚ no gain. Is this statement totally true? To start with‚ we have to endure much during life nowadays‚ in order to achieve
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