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    Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something in life. A person without any ambition is like a boat without rudder. Having an ambition needs continuous efforts towards achieving it. One cannot achieve anything if one just day dreams and does nothing. A strong will-power and determination will carry a person forward against all obstacles. Different people have different ambitions. Some aim to become teachers‚ soldiers‚ artists‚ politicians‚ doctors‚ engineers etc. Some try to amass wealth and some

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    Ambition is often the leading force in one’s life‚ making them strive persistently to achieve something more and accomplish great things. It can be a positive force‚ but can easily become a negative one when clouds by one’s desires and greed. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ blind ambition has blurred the morality of many of the characters and causes them to fall to their demise. To convey the theme as effectively as possible Shakespeare uses numerous rhetorical devices throughout the play‚ one

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    For some people‚ there is a call to rise. An ambition—a competition—is planted in them‚ and they dream of influence. These are the people who become rulers‚ who lead the way of nations‚ who bend circumstance under their will. Julius Caesar certainly is an example: his presumption towards bravery holds the nation beneath his grip. He fears no bad omens‚ and even signs of death do not scare him. He tells his wife just hours before his assassination: “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The

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    -How does the author describe the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the boy? My Greatest Ambition is a story written by Morris Lurie in 1984 about a thirteen-year-old boy whose greatest ambition was being a comic-strip artist although at the end he grows out of it. In this text the author can easily transmit the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the main character in different ways. One of the ways Morris Lurie describes them is through the boy’s incapacity of controlling his own body

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    My Ambition in Life

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    10. GCPP-142-FD-50Pads. X100 Sheets(C6)-30-10-2001 DECLARATION FORM (To be filled and retured to the Assistant Commissioner‚ Food and Drugs Administration‚ Pondicherry) N.B. No Column should be left blank or with a dash. If you have not particulars to be furnished for any column‚ NIL/Does not arise should be entered. 1. Name and Complete address of the firm : LAKSHMI MEDICAL Old No. 84‚ New No. 87‚ Villianur Road‚ Sithananda Nagar‚ Puducherry 605 005. 2

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    Lady Macbeth’s ambition is not for herself‚ but for Macbeth. Her actions and thoughts revolves around Macbeth fulfilling his desires. Although she had no ambition for herself‚ she fueled Macbeth to take drastic measures. Shakespeare’s portrayal of woman subjectively demonstrates that they are seen as a temptress. Indeed Macbeth was considering killing Duncan but stopped after rationalizing with himself . She was able to sway confused Macbeth to committing a horrible deed. Through questioning Macbeth’s

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    Ambition can consume and overwhelm the initial drive of achieving one’s goals‚ and morph into a manipulative‚ devastating obsession. However it can also be seen as an empowering trait that liberates one from the status and conformation that they are subjected to. However it can be seen that if left unguarded this consuming desire can catch men‚ such as Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s Dr Faustus and Satan‚ in John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ in its throes‚ resulting in their ultimate destruction. This

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    Child Abuse - What Are The Causes and Children have that right to be loved. But there are those who suffer child abuse in the very sense of the word. Child abuse could either be physical‚ mental or sexual abuse to children. This might have certain adverse effects on the child so they must be given extra support and attention. Physical abuse concerns maltreatments of children in a physical way. This means hurting the children physically‚ or not giving them proper nutrition. Emotional abuse or mental

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    Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Ordinary Level * 8 7 0 6 7 3 2 3 4 6 * 5054/32 PHYSICS Paper 3 Practical Test May/June 2014 2 hours Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: As listed in the Confidential Instructions. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples‚ paper

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    TEARS ON A KEYBOARD - A GHB ADDICTION - BEATEN Intro........ As a writer‚ I find it quite easy to put things down on paper as you can imagine. In this case‚ it was the hardest thing that I have ever done in my life. As you read it‚ please take it all in‚ it could save your life. I nearly lost mine and I am supposed to be an expert! I have written two best sellers on the subject of steroids and publish a monthly magazine‚ the NO BULL COLLECTION that has become cult reading throughout the

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