Our biggest enemies is always ourselves People work long hours because they fear poverty. People eat too much because they fear starvation. People get married because they fear being alone and so on. On balance‚ we always fear something‚ but fear never does. We needn’t fear to disappear completely because some degree of caution is to avoid tragedy. While I was thinking about my fear of heights‚ I couldn’t climb high enough. When I thought about a necessary cleaning job‚ I had motivation
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Why we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others We all do it. Comparing ourselves to one another is just part of human nature but is also a social skill we are raised up with. Our society encourages such comparison. Telling us who’s smarter‚ who’s more attractive‚ who’s more important‚ parents comparing you to your siblings or your peers‚ people telling us we must be better than everyone us etc. But this way of thinking can be harmful. Today I’m going to talk about a few reasons why the only person
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English 101 12/3/12 Gun Laws: The Noose to Hang Ourselves With In a cartoon entitled‚ “Dangerous Weapon” Cartoonist Ed Stein depicts a man wearing a hoody armed with two revolvers‚ two semi-auto pistols‚ an assault rifle‚ a scoped rifle‚ and an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade)‚as well as a police officer is also asking the man if he has a permit for the hoody. Stein’s cartoon is conveying the message that gun laws are not strict enough by jokingly stating that they are not there at all. The United
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who was afflicted at an early age in life. Her disabilities set in on her at eighteen months. As she grew older she didn’t let her incapacity defeat her. In 1933‚ Keller wrote an essay entitled‚ “Three Days To See”. In this article Keller gives a response about what she would like to see if she were given her sight back for three days. She also speaks about what it would be like if others were to lose their sight for three days as well. The opening statement of Keller’s article reads‚ “I have often
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Reading and writing is something essential in today’s society. It is how people communicate without using spoken words. It is how we talk with certain combination of words that convey the message of what someone is trying to say. Essentially it is another way for a person to express himself/herself. For me personally I haven’t been the greatest with English. It is something that I feel I am not really good at‚ my writing has endless possibilities of improving when compared to others people’s work
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POWER AND ITS POWERS: The Supremacy of Power Frank Chodorov‚ an American writer and libertarian once said “The State acquires power and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.” When I was in my high school‚ I always dreamed for Utopia‚ a perfect state wherein there is no poverty and starvation. Power is delegated in every people and there’s equality‚ justice and freedom. Utopia sometime refers for World peace‚ this may sounds
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namely the negative influences of television on public discourse and the fact that words have a significant power over humans as could influence them to think or make choices that others control. The argument that the author is making in his paper has a great importance because is meant to make us aware on the fact that things are degenerate on the point that we are‚ indeed‚ “amusing ourselves to death”. As Postman affirms‚ television started to affect our daily life beside the time spent in front
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expect from you. Certain quotes especially display views wrote in this work of writing‚ such as; “We but half express ourselves”‚ “Imitation is suicide” and “Trust they self; every heart vibrates to the iron song”. These concepts are relatable to people in the 21st century. It is encouraged that individuals take a stand for their beliefs. Emerson opines “We but half express ourselves” (pg.1). Colin Kaepernick‚ quarterback for the 49ers‚ uses the platform that being an NFL player presents him to protest
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“MOTIVATION” Filipino people are religious human being. We usually seek for guidance from our Lord in every decision we will made so in relation to that our teacher decided to have a speaker that can motivate us spiritually‚ emotionally and to enlighten us by a word of god. Fr. Joel Eslabra was the 1st invited speaker. He is a priest who is willing to share the word of God and also can give us inspiration. Fr. Joel starts his discussion with an inspirational lecture about the word of god presented
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Topic: 10-POINT AGENDAS OF PNOY REFLECTION: The Philippine Educational System is having some difficulties in resolving the different issues regarding the quality of education that we have today. Because of this‚ ‚His Excellency Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino our 14th President prioritized the upgrading of the educational system in our country. To give the Filipino people a good quality of education and for the Filipinos to be more globally competitive. One of his agenda is the
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