On December 10‚ 1950‚ William Faulkner delivered his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Today his speech is considered one of the most brilliant and inspiring speeches ever to be read at the Nobel ceremony. Faulkner stressed the "writer’s duty" to write only of "the old verities and truths of the heart." He spoke of avoiding writing anything that is not worth writing about. He felt concerned about new writing where authors gave in to America’s shallow desires to read "not of love but of lust‚ of defeats
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Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech I was an obscure individual in those days. My name was hardly known outside my own province‚ but I was quite content with that obscurity‚ which protected me from the curiosity of crowds. And then came a time when my heart felt a longing to come out of that solitude and do some work for my fellow beings‚ and not merely give shape to my dreams and meditate deeply on the problems of life‚ but try to give expression to my ideas through some definite
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Downtown Grand Rapids and experience Art Prize for our very first time. This being our first year living in Michigan‚ we had no idea what to expect. Art Prize is a huge art contest and all of the artwork is spread out around Grand Rapids for people to look at and vote for the one they think is the best. As we walked down the street‚ we saw many different‚ unbelieveable pieces of art. Soon‚ I had lots of favorite pieces‚ but my overall favorite piece I saw at Art Prize was Leu-enkephalin Flow/Fountain of
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OCR Drama Exam Tasks Students have to choose one question to answer from a choice of three. The first of the three choices will always be extract-based. The extract is usually one to one and a half pages in length with the questions focusing directly on the extract (referring to ‘this moment’ or ‘this extract’‚ or using the word ‘here’). These questions do require an understanding of the whole text‚ but close attention to the printed extract is the key requirement for successful answers. At least
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I. INTRODUCTION Although the history of kidnapping and hostage-taking is a very long one‚ it is only relatively recently that there has been a systematic attempt to understand the effects‚ both long-term and short-term‚ on individuals and their families. This is an important issue for clinical and academic reasons. The advice of mental health professionals is sought with increasing frequency with regard to the strategic management of hostage incidents and the clinical management of those who have
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This year is 2011. Teenager Zoe enters her friend‚ Regina’s bedroom. ZOE (placing her hand on Regina’s shoulder) Regina‚ what’s wrong? (No response) (sincere eye contact) You’ve been standing there‚ staring out that window for who knows how long. What could be so bad that it would make you lock eyes on that gloomy patio for an eternity? REGINA (shrugs her shoulders) Leave me alone‚ Zoe. Go back to your learning record .You won’t want to write an extra of 50 words‚ right? ZOE I can’t work with
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amount can add up very quickly. According to “Should Everyone Get a Prize?”‚ the article states “Trophy and award sales are now at an estimated $3 billion-a-year industry in the U.S. and Canada!”. This means the coaches and parents are wasting money on something that isn’t valuable and can be money that is spent on investing in that student/athlete to become the best they can be. According to the same article “Should Everyone Get a Prize?”‚ the author mentions‚ “Nationally‚ A.Y.S.O local branches typically
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Edward C. Prescott‚ a 63 year old professor at the Arizona State University and Finn Kydland‚ a 60 year old Norwegian professor were awarded the Nobel Prize for there economic studies‚ particularly on monetary policy. Finn Kydland teaches at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and also at the University of California at Santa Barbra. Prescott and Kydland frequently collaborate on their economic policy studies. Banks around the world undertook reforms recently do to low and stable inflation
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amount of passion instilled in his words and his extreme mastery in putting images in the minds of his audience. Not to mention‚ his message is explicitly conveyed to the audience. Martin Luther King Jr. establishes his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize with powerful insight of the Civil Rights Movement‚ and the must to overcome segregation through the use of figurative language and repetition/example/parallelism/imagery to show that our battle with racism has yet to be over. Martin Luther King
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Role of youth in nation building I thought it would be better to discuss the role of youth in nation’s building. According to me‚ “Youth is that spark which needs no ignition”.Youth is that clay which can be molded in either shape one wants. In my belief‚ this is the sole reason for both exploitation and utilization of youth in the destruction and construction of any nation respectively. Yes‚ I agree that‚ youth is not given a proper chance to prove their potentials in countries like ours‚ but
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