To combat villains and reflect on positivity‚ American director and producer Steven Spielberg resonated and emphasized these sentiments at the 365th Harvard Commencement Ceremony in 2016. “Love. Support. Courage. Intuition. All these things are in your hero’s quiver‚ but still a hero needs one more thing: a hero needs a villain to vanquish‚” Spielberg said. “And you’re all in luck. This world is full of monsters‚ and there’s racism‚ homophobia‚ ethnic hatred‚ class hatred. There’s political hatred
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Fast Car By:Tracy Chapman By:Hayley Davies Submitted To:Ms.Tsarouhas Date: Wednesday‚ September 18th‚2013 ENG2D Fast Car By: Tracy Chapman T: Based on the name of the title‚ I predict that the lyrical poem is about the fast ride through life‚ and how you should stop and smell the roses sometimes‚ to cherish life. P: This is a narrative lyric that tells a story about a girl with a rough life. However she uses her savings from when she works at the convenience store to find
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The Shawshank redemption is based on a novella by Steven King and it is one of the most underrated movies of all time. I believe it should have won an Oscar. The protagonist‚ Andy Dufresne was convicted of first degree murder for killing both his wife and her lover after he supposedly caught them in the act. Andy was sent to the Shawshank prison to serve his life sentence charge. Even in prison‚ he maintained that he was innocent of the crime. Andy Dufresne was an educated man‚ a banker by profession
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The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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Steven Pinker has a voice all his own- engaging and amiable‚ but also informative and scientific. His light style provides an interesting contradiction to the heaviness of the topic he presents to us. It’s a tough question: where does morality stem from? Is it genetic? Does it come from the structure of our brains? We don’t get an answer‚ per se‚ allowing us to come to our own conclusions and wrestle with the evidence for ourselves. However‚ as we the audience read the essay‚ it doesn’t take a particularly
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Introduction Michael Stevens is a relatively new investor struggling to maintain profits in an uncertain economy. Recent conflicts and conflicting reports have left the Canadian Market muddled and somewhat divided. Michael capitalized on recent volatility in the market and has gained some unrealized profits. He sees a bullish economy returning in the near future but would like to ensure that his profits are maintained even through minor volatility for the next six months. He plans to do this through
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Economics: The Study of Incentives The book‚ “Freakonomics‚” written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ explores and explains the secret causes behind many economic situations. The main argument presented by this book is what economics really is: the study of incentives‚ and how people are rational‚ and will do whatever is in their ultimate best interest. Sometimes this will lead them to actions that are moral‚ and sometimes the very opposite. The first technique the authors used for
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the United States. Both Mr. Curtis and Mr. Gagnon felt that the U.S. market had unrealized potential with a population of 248 million people and over 140 million registered vehicles. * Entering European markets using the following entry options: - Licensing the lift for sales with other automobile part’s manufacturers that would allow CAH’s products to complement other manufacturer’s existing product sales. - Joint Venture that would give Mr. Gagnon and Mr. Curtis a 50-50 equal stakeholder position
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Schindler’s List‚ is a 1993 American film‚ directed and coproduce by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian‚ based off the book; Schindler’s Ark. The movie focuses on a greedy German businessman‚ Oskar Schindler during the events of WWII. Building a company from scratch‚ hiring Jews to help make a profit‚ but due to the events of the war‚ he becomes a humanitarian and his factory slowly develops into a refuge for them. This is a historical movie based on the true story of Oskar Schindler
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Near a little house by the ocean‚ there lived a young girl named Aurelia Stevens. She loved her name for the way it flowed like a river. In contrast‚ her hair gave the appearance of a blazing fire‚ cascading in curls that seemed to raise just a little around her neck and torso. Her vivid blue eyes looked to be from the ocean itself‚ deep and mysterious just the same. She was isolated due to her father being a writer. He needed space to work‚ and decided that separating his family from society would
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