improve his grades. Michael‚ despite where he came from‚ despite him being homeless‚ and despite him having nothing‚ he was able to achieve his ‘impossible’ dream. He was a homeless 17-year-old boy‚ with little or no education‚ and‚ with the selflessness of Leigh Anne he became a professional NFL player. I find this film truly inspiring because no matter what‚ its possible for your dreams to come true. My dream is not to become a professional NFL player‚ however it is the message of this film
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ability to do their duty towards the citizens. Another characteristic of a hero is that he or she is selfless‚ putting everyone before himself or herself. A hero is willing to risk his or her own life to save someone else’s. Great examples of selflessness are our very own men and women in the armed forces. These men and women leave their own families and friends to travel across the world to defend people that they have never even met. There are a lot of these heroes who even sacrifice their lives
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McMahon).” These statement could not be more true about happiness‚ time is on your side. Using “In the Pursuit of Unhappiness” a deeper understanding of happiness how to achieve it and stray away from waste of a time was reached. Happiness is selflessness‚ the more one helps others and doesn’t think of the possessions. joy will be the best outcome for anyone. The smallest act of kindness can affect anyone in the biggest way. It can bring happiness to a lost
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and Godfrey Cass by using astonishing description of their characterization—especially as Eppie’s fathers. Her description of individual human nature and universal feelings are fabulous and fascinate the readers. George Eliot depicts Silas’s selflessness and Godfrey’s selfishness clearly when Godfrey proposed to adopt Eppie. Even though Silas was afraid of loosing her‚ he said‚ “Eppie‚ my child speak. I won’t stand in your way. Thank Mr. and Mrs. Cass” (170). He accepted to give up his daughter—his
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Jonathan Drane’s The Art of Listening‚ gives us a poetic interpretation and perfect illustration of what we learned this week on listening as an integral part of communication. We learned that hearing and listening are two totally different concepts with totally different meanings. Hearing is a simple physiological process while listening is more complex requiring effort and practice if one wishes to do it effectively. I knew something of conversation‚ or so I thought/until I listened to another
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chanced upon the province of Balti. The natives therefore were hesitant and apprehensive of the unknown and fearful of outsiders. The presence of a stranger could have spurned them‚ but they nursed and sheltered Greg. This proves that compassion and selflessness are still alive. At this juncture the book reintroduced to me this amazing category of people who are still willing to sacrifice their luxury‚ comfort‚ health and family for the betterment of the society. The knowledge and ways of different
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Selina Kyle/ Cat Woman Everything about Selina Kyle gives you a sense of her smoothness‚ the sway in her hips as she walks‚ to the graceful appearance when in combat. By day Selina is just an ordinary individual‚ blending into the East End of Gothem City‚ while furthering her skills in martial arts and training extensively to perfect her skills in stealthy burglary. By night she’s a whip-carrying cat burglar‚ named Cat Woman. She steals from the wealthy and corrupt‚ motivated by her desire for pretty
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Perhaps family itself was the value that we were missing the most—a sense of togetherness that would unify us much more than anything else could. Yet we never did make that connection. Instead we found it best to try and act as though we knew what a functional family was as though we were doing a bad game of Simon Says. As Gary Soto recalls from his childhood‚ “I tried to convince them that if we improved the way we looked we might get along better in life” (Soto‚ 29). That was the way my fake family
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she showed a lot of signs of being compatible with three different factions. Those three factions were: The Erudite Faction - known for their intelligence The Dauntless faction - known for their bravery The Abnegation faction - known for their selflessness Most other people would have to choose between only two factions but thats why tris so different. Not very many divergents‚ and to a lot of people thats very dangerous to the way of the factions. Being a divergent means that you’re different. It
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There were two main motivators for the Europeans to establish their empires. The first reason was that the Europeans believed that they had the superior culture and had to save the rest of the world from their own insolence. Another more practical reason for imperialism was that the Europeans want to have their country as the most powerful country in the world. The poem that best described the European sanctimoniousness of their culture is the poem Carry the White man’s burden by Rudyard Kipling
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