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    Pursuit of a Dream

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    A dream is a hope‚ a wish‚ and a pursuit. People have dreams about what they want to be when they grow up and what they want their children’s future to be. Not all of these dreams come true‚ though. Even if we work really hard and put our heart into it‚ there is no guarantee that we will fulfill our dream. Many of us hope to find our dream job‚ the work that will really make us happy and excited‚ and however it feels so hard and beyond our reach. Very few people have the opportunity to work in the

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    Happiness

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    Happiness Strength. No‚ not meaning muscle strength‚ but strength in the mind- your mental capability of overcoming obstacles in your life that has brought you down and made you think that you cannot get back up. Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” No one can hand you happiness on a silver platter; you have to obtain it yourself and that comes from how strong you are to pick yourself

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    Happiness

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    Benjamin Franklin‚ the first minister for the United States‚ a young taught scientist‚ and one of the most important Founding Fathers of our Nation‚ once proclaimed “The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You’ve got to catch it yourself.” Shown in popular literature‚ the American Dream is a national philosophy of the United States‚ a set of principles where freedom takes account of the opportunity for prosperity and accomplishment‚ and tries to commit a rising stasis attained

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    Happiness

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    Our state of happiness or unhappiness colors everything. Happy people perceive the world as safer and feel more confident. They make decisions‚ cooperate more easily‚ and are more tolerant. They rate job applicants more favorably‚ savor their positive past experiences without dwelling on the negative‚ and are more socially connected. They live healthier and more energized and satisfied lives (Briñol et al.‚ 2007; Liberman et al.‚ 2009; Mauss et al.‚ 2011). When your mood is gloomy‚ life as a

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    The Pursuit of Love

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    Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Love ‘Morbid’ accurately describes Nancy Mitford’s ‘The Pursuit of Love’. It’s rather funny throughout‚ and is brutally honest in the way only a child could pull off‚ but‚ if you look past the humor‚ the story itself is very sad and sordid. After all‚ the plotline is about the failures that is the characters love lives. But everything is overshadowed with a darkish humor‚ regardless of the serious nature of the topic. Ironically enough‚ one of the best examples

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    The Futile Search For Stability After WWI * Uneasy Peace‚ Uncertain Security * The peace settlement at the end of World War I had tried to fulfill nineteenth century dreams of nationalism by creating new boundaries and new states. President Woodrow Wilson placed many of his hopes for the future in the League of Nations. This however was not very effective. One major reason it failed is that the United States didn’t want to join the league. They didn’t wish to be involved in European affairs

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    Pursuit of Ambition

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    The Pursuit of Ambition in Macbeth Due date 15/03/2013 What fuels Malcolm ’s interest in defending Scotland? Do his actions up to the final battle indicate that he ’s prepared to be King? Is he ambitious? What is the difference between him and Macbeth‚ if they’re after the same throne? Ambition: an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction‚ as power‚ honor‚ fame‚ or wealth‚ and the willingness to strive for its attainment. Mainly three themes: lady Macbeth‚ Macbeth‚ Malcom

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    pursuit of happyness

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    1954 in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin) is a self-made millionaire‚ entrepreneur‚ motivational speaker‚ and philanthropist who‚ during the early 1980s‚ struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son‚ Christopher‚ Jr. Gardner’s book of memoirs‚ The Pursuit of Happyness‚ was published in May 2006. As of 2006‚ he is CEO of his own stockbrokerage firm‚ Gardner Rich & Co‚ based in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ where he resides when he is not living in New York City. Gardner credits his tenacity and success to the

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    Pursuit of Excellence

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    | The Pursuit of Excellence | Abstract: Whether you are an athlete‚ a teacher‚ or a promising high achiever in another walk of life‚ you can achieve excellence. At a time when numbers speak‚ performance is equal to profit and getting through the basic minimum at work is the standard practice‚ does the urge to set benchmarks of quality and excellence become redundant? How many of us go through life simply trying to fulfill the basics and how many set out to achieve true excellence? Steve

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    Pursuit of Knownledge

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    In my opinion the pursuit of knowledge can destroy us because you can become too curious and end up finding out something that you don’t want to know. “With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony‚ I collected the instruments of life around me‚ that I might infuse a spark of being to the lifeless thing that lay at my feet” (42). Frankenstein explains that he is curious about what will happen when he brings this unknown creature to life and this quote also shows that he is determined to do it. This

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