In a speech given to the people of New York in 1962‚ John F. Kennedy said “A man may die‚ nations may rise and fall‚ but an idea lives on.” Underneath these simple words‚ President Kennedy implied the endurance a thought can take on that goes beyond generations. This exact behavior is demonstrated throughout the history of mankind within the concepts of social equality‚ religious conviction‚ and both technological and political progress. Statesman‚ architect‚ archaeologist‚ paleontologist‚ musician
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The American baseball player and coach John Wooden once said‚ “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen”. In the nonfiction novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand‚ Louis Zamperini demonstrates his cleverness when he pulled himself out of countless life-threatening situations‚ such as devising a plan to capture sharks‚ that would prove to be the end for most others. Louie made the most out of what little resources he had and paid attention to the details that would
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Martin Luther King Jr. was willing to lead a movement against segregation in our nation. He had the courage to tell our nation that its policy of segregation was wrong. To me‚ that is true patriotism: not only being willing to fight for our country but willing to try to change it so that our ideals are preserved. My favorite thing about the United States? Lots of Americans‚ one America. ~Val Saintsbury Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to
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opiaUtopia: Thomas More paints a beautiful fantasy for the reader in Utopia where he creates a world where society as a whole trumps the interest of a single individual. In Utopia‚ the level of equality is unimaginable to a society like any on this planet and dishonesty and hate were unheard-of. The word “Utopia” is a connotation between the Greek word “eutopia”‚ which appropriately translates to "happy place"‚ and utopia which means literally "nowhere." I believe that Thomas More’s purpose in writing
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It’s dark. It’s cold. You should be in the warm comfort of your hut‚ sitting next to your mom and 3 older sisters‚ preparing dinner. Your dad should be outside‚ laughing loudly with the village elders while drinking banana beer. But instead‚ you’re outside‚ no shelter‚ no food. The Hutus have killed your mother and father‚ and captured your older sisters- only to have them soon follow the same destiny as your parents. To you‚ the hutus are the reason all of this has happened. It’s not you’re fault
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Throughout the passage allusions are used to say that people should not stress over the little things in life. That is to say‚ in the passage in the first paragraph Thoreau throws a historical allusion to the times of the Spartan’s and using it as a simile also in the passage. I think this allusion wants the people to imply on that people shouldn’t always stress on everything. The author gives us this piece to have an allusion on which we should be like Spartans and live indifferently to not
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My Inspiration is not a person‚ place‚ or thing. What inspired me was a simple quote someone gave me a year ago‚ it says " What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as who you become by achieving your goals." it’s by Henry David Thoreau. Now‚ a year ago I was in a huge downfall in my life. My biggest downfall was being homeless and the feeling of hopelessness. I started taking counseling classes to help me cope with myself. Also‚ to try to understand why I was it happening to me and
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Atheists were burnt Sahih Bukhari Volume 9‚ Book 84‚ Number 57 Mo instructed his followers to lie and to deceive their opponents in order to assassinate them. [Bukhari‚ 5.59.369] This Muhammad of yours is a dwarf and fat. Sunan Abu-Dawud‚ Book 40‚ Number 4731 Muslims cannot inherit from non-muslims. Sahih Muslim‚ Book 011‚ Number 3928 Muhammad agree to attack women and children. Sahih Bukhari‚ Volume 4‚ Book 52‚ Number 256: Muhammad delivered Qur’anic verses permitting the Muslims
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CD“Angela Vicario‚ the beautiful girl who’d gotten married the day before‚ had been returned to the house of her parents‚ because her husband had discovered that she wasn’t a virgin” (Márquez 21). “Bayardo San Román‚ the man who had given back his bride‚ had turned up for the first time in August of the year before: six months before the wedding. He arrived on the weekly boat with some saddlebags decorated with silver that matched the buckle of his belt and the rings on his boots. He was around
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People fall out of the world sometimes. But they always leave traces. Little things we can’t quite account for. Faces in photographs‚ luggage‚ half-eaten meals. Rings. Nothing is ever forgotten‚ not completely. And if something can be remembered‚ it can come back. Sometimes‚ words aren`t enough to make someone feel that you care for them. It needs a little effort to convince that you are. Είμαστε φτιαγμένοι από την ύλη των ονείρων" - William Shakespeare "What doesn’t kill you‚ makes you
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