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    “Living your life to the fullest” takes nothing more than stepping out of your comfort zone and living your dreams. Unfortunately‚ a large portion of society struggles with this concept‚ for they are fearful of losing an unfounded sense of security they have found through building mental boundaries around themselves. Many people search for relief‚ turning to songs and blogs with messages pertaining to their troubles. Messages‚ such as living your life to the fullest‚ tend to shift

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    Topic #1 What Drives Your Life? I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy! Ecclesiastes 4:4 (LB) The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder-a waif‚ a nothing‚ a no man. Thomas Carlyle Everyone’s life is driven by something. Many people are driven by guilt. The Bible says‚ "What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! ... What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record."

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    treat humans as if they were not humans at all. They were allowed to treat them like animals‚ and reject the right to let them learn to read and write. Most importantly‚ slave owners were unaware of the negative effects that owning slaves had on them‚ as opposed to a previous time where they had not owned any slaves. In the 19th century slaves were a very valuable and luxurious thing to have‚ it was viewed as a sign of wealth. However‚ slave owners were not always as cruel as they sound. Frederick

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    "The happiest days of your life" by Penelope Lively. This is an analysis of the short story "The happiest days of your life". The short story is written by Penelope Lively‚ who was sent away from her home to a boarding school in the rainy England. The short story is with an omniscient narrator‚ and takes place in the southern England - or more preciously in a area called Sussex. The story stretches over a day while a boy named Charles and his parents is going to visit an boarding school. The Sussex

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    The Person Who Has Inspired Me Most Everyone needs to be inspired and having others inspire you can only have positive effects. Its one of life’s win win things. By doing or saying things that inspire others we ourselves benefit‚ as we are giving rather than receiving‚ which as I see it‚ makes us all better people. Also‚ those we inspire benefit and hopefully go on to inspire others. It can only be good thing for society as a whole when we are inspired by others and we ourselves are an inspiration

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    You ask me about a positive change I want to make if I could. Yes! People always want to make changes in their lives: some want to be strong‚ some want to be the rich...some even want to change the world ^-^.For me. It’s simple. It’s not a physical change because everybody can grow up by this way. But here‚ I am expressing about the change in thinking>it’s the change from a want-of- thought person to be a mature one‚ it’s really important not only for me but also for all of you even though somebody

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    In the story‚ “The Life You Save Might Be Your Own” to be grotesque means that you’re disgusting‚ bizarre and twisted. It also has to do with an obsession. The character that is the most grotesque is Mr. Tom T. Shiftlet‚ the drifter. Mr. Tom’s words that make him grotesque are that he says “People do anything” and “People don’t care how they lie”. Actions that make him grotesque are that he only marries Lucynell for the money and car‚ basically he used her. Also the first thing he mentions when

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    Automobile Has Improved Life” Some people think that the automobile has improved modern life. Others think that the automobile has caused serious problems. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. The invention and proliferation of the automobile has improved the human lives considerably. In modern days‚ complete transportation of men and material is carried out with the help of automobiles. Automobiles in the modern era‚ for us are not luxury‚ but a

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    their genetics. Being a criminal‚ mental retardation‚ insanity‚ and rebelliousness is what was consider dysfunctional. In order to control this people believed that reproduce should be controlled. There were two types of eugenics system positive and negative. The positive eugenics wanted all the healthy

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    violet radiation (Addicted to the Tan.) Even though tanning has faded in and out throughout the years‚ tanning is a popular activity among this generation. The effects of tanning are not only harmful‚ they are deadly as well. Most people think if tanning as an activity that only occurs during the summertime or at the beach. But Trisha Paytas‚ a model working in Los Angeles‚ feels that she needs a tan to be comfortable in her own skin. Trisha has not missed a day of tanning in over ten years‚ which means

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