A singer I admire As we grow older‚ we find someone to looks up to. Some of us admire celebrities‚ family‚ and friends. I admire Andy Lau. A star of over 100 films and one of Asia’s most popular singers‚ Andy Lau was born on September 27‚ 1961 in Hong Kong. He grew up in a very poor area where there was not even running water. The young Andy had to make up to eight trips a day to collect water for his family. Despite financial problems‚ Andy’s parents encouraged him to do well in school‚ and upon
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Heghine Grigoryan Writing #4‚ ESL 6 A 12.06.11 A Man I Admire A man whom I admire is Khachatur Abovyan. K. Abovyan is one of the greatest Armenian classic writers; also‚ educator-democrat‚ teacher‚ ethnographer‚ and the founder of the modern Armenian literature and new literary language. He lived in XIX century. When I was a teenager‚ I didn’t like to read books. However‚ when I once read one of Abovyan’s books‚ I almost fell in love with it. The reason was because his style of writing was unusual
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Bear Grylls What non-fiction character can do all this? I ask you. Have you ever wanted something more? Ever wanted to make your life memorable or meaningful. You can. Why can’t you do it? How many people alive today havn’t been bored. Not your normal everyday bored. Not Short term bored. Bored with everything. Bored that everyday you have to get up and do the same thing. For hours. Hours piled like bricks on top of each other. These hours fueled by caffeine and fed by sleep. Lacking in excitment
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I take pride in saying I admire my mother the most in my family. My Mother. She is like The Sun in the Solar system and all the rest of the family are like planets revolving around the Sun. She is very affectionate‚ kind‚ caring‚ loving‚ compassionate‚ and ready to solve our problems. She has been acting like a buffer between‚ my father who was a strict disciplinarian and the rest of the family‚ grandparents and the grandchildren‚ elders in the family and newcomers to the family. She is up early
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My inspiration is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series‚ Hermione Jean Granger. One reason I admire her is because she’s got prodigious intellect and cleverness. She also inspires me because she is always so kind to everybody. Hermione was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is a Muggle-born‚ who come from non-magical families. However‚ she became an overachiever who excels academically. She
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Describe an person you admire Beauty‚ patience‚ ambition and strength; these words come to mind when thinking of the ideal woman. Angelina Jolie‚ she exemplified these characteristics. She is a famous actress whom I have known as Lara Croft and I have watched all her movies. Angelina Jolie was born on June 4‚ 1975 in California‚ Los-Angeles. She is an American actress and film director. She has received an Academy Award‚ two Screen Actors Guild Awards‚ and three Golden Globe Awards‚ and was
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Alejandra is the most intelligent person I know. Griselda Vasquez English 115 Professor Stagnaro 10/3/2012 What is intelligence? According to David Wechsel‚ “Intelligence is the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully‚ to think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment". Human intelligence is the capacity that a human has to adapt successfully to the world. I define Intelligence as the ability of humans to achieve objectives in life. The most intelligent
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The most successful person I know would have to be my mother. My mother’s name is Sherrie Davis. She has been able to further her education and receive her bachelors. She has also moved up in her career while taking care of a family. I don’t think success should only be measured in what we achieve but also how hard you have to work to get it. In order to get where my mom is now she had to really work for it. Not only did she tend Kent to get her degrees. She also worked full time 5 to 6 days a
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Taylor Swift is a very popular solo singer. She is well known in the teenage era of pop music. Taylor used to sing country music when she first started‚ but she eventually got into more pop as she got older. Taylor is also known for writing her own music‚ which she has been doing for over eleven years. Swift broke out into the music world at the age of sixteen when she wrote a song about Tim McGraw. Taylor’s grandmother who was an opera singer‚ was an early influence. However‚ she soon discovered
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..Janis Joplin.. There are many people I have come across in my life that have earned my gratitude and respect. Of all the great musical artists‚ I feel that Janis Joplin was much overlooked and was a woman far beyond her time. She was a very talented artist. She was a painter all through high school. She started singing after she graduated and she said it changed her life‚ "Painting is kind of a hold in and be quiet kind of thing and singing is a more free...‚ flow out kind of thing. Your whole
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