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    how hard we try to be perfect‚ adversity in our lives is unavoidable. The truth is‚ we usually discover the depth of our strength and learn the most valuable lessons after facing these hard times. Up until my eighth grade year‚ I had the seemingly-perfect life. Most of my worries revolved around the completion of my homework and which outfit I would wear to school the next day. However‚ these matters became insignificant one night after a fun-filled day at the mall with my friends. I was trying

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    How to Gain Weight

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    [755] How do you gain weight? I am going to tell exactly how to gain as much weight as you want. I’ve created a new diet just for you. This diet is focused on making people’s dreams come true. Everyone secretly wants to be fat or as some people call it‚ fluffy. They want to be juicy and plump. There are five easy steps to this diet‚ in less than a week you will be on your way to obesity. Five steps is all it takes for you to gain weight so that you can feel all nice and flabby‚ I will give

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    Conquering Adversity Many people throughout their lives experience adversity in many ways. People have different ways of dealing with these problems. Some positive‚ and some negative. When faced with a loss of family and being the lone survivor of a sunken ship‚ Pi Patel from “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel‚ deals with his adversities‚ conflict and pain‚ in a positive way by being both resourceful and optimistic. Throughout the story‚ Pi develops the trait of being resourceful and uses simple items

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    Essay #1 “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant‚” by Roman poet‚ Horace. His statement implies that only misfortune may bring forth greatness. Ruin reveals true genius‚ in clover conceals it. The quote‚ “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant‚” by Roman poet‚ Horace‚ wouldn’t mean much to me if it wasn’t so utterly true. Everyone faces some sort of adversity throughout

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    Friends and Friendship

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    FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP A very good morning to my beloved teacher‚ Pn. Fatirah Aziz and all my fellow friends. As you know‚ my name is Nurin Fatihah and I’m pleased to talk with you about a topic that is near and dear to you‚ “Friends and Friendship”. In life‚ everyone will meet many people that say that they are your friend. But you will make only a few true friends. What is a friend ? Friend is a person capable of loving irrespective of whether he is being loved or not. Friendship can exist

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    quote‚ “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant‚” means that while overcoming obstacles a person’s talents are shown that otherwise would remain unknown to the person. Horace is saying that adversity plays in the development of a person’s character and understanding turmoil and hardship. Times of struggle elicit different talents showing the true depth of human nature‚ unlike prosperous times. Those who are never faced with adversity are

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    Types of Friends

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    Types of friends People do not live without making friendships. Having friends is really important in the real life. Some of them last for the whole life and some is not. There are three types of friends‚ the general acquaintance friends‚ social friend‚ and true friends. Firstly‚ the temporary friends are the friends that you know a little bit of them or even you know their names only. These friends you know them for a while and then you forgot them. For example‚ trying to make friends for a benefit

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    Adversity is either chosen or brought upon someone; either way‚ the obstacle is either overcome or not. No matter wealth‚ age‚ or location‚ all people face adversity for it is synonymous with life. Life is the struggle for survival and success and order‚ while adversity is the representation of disorder and failure. Without either‚ it would be impossible to differentiate one’s achievements from one’s failures. Overcoming adversity is the basis of all great‚ successful people similarly to how concrete

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    Best Friend

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    How to Be a Great Friend Do you want to be a good best friend but don’t know how or where to start that perfect friendship? Have you fallen out with your best mate and want to prove how nice you can be if they’ll forgive you? Be your own best friend first. Learn how to respect yourself. If you can’t respect yourself‚ then you can’t respect others. Decide what boundaries are important to you and respect them. Not only is this healthy for you‚ but you’ll also get enough practice and experience so that

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    A friend in need is a friend indeed. People today are becoming so selfish that it has become difficult to call anybody my best friend. Everybody tries to exploit others. The people whom you regard as your best friends often prove otherwise. True friends have become as rare as the dodo. A search for them is bound to fail. However‚ if there is somebody whom we can call our friend‚ we are lucky. To have a good friend is worth a million rupees‚ even more. Nikhil is my best friend. He is tall

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