Herbert Bayard Swope’s statement that “I cannot give you the secret for success‚ but I can give you the formula for failure‚ which is—try to please everyone‚” provides a great insight into the nature of the limitations of man but also can be interpreted in various inaccurate ways. Swope‚ through identifying a surefire way to fail‚ advocates limiting one’s exploits to a manageable amount in order to actually succeed in them. On the other hand‚ the idea expressed in this quote is often used as a justification
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[HR] The things I have seen u/Darth_Wholesome First time posting a story.This is my attempt at a lovecraftian horror short story. I hope it’s not complete garbage and you enjoy. Also feedback is greatly appreciated. In my time in the field of archaeology I’ve come across my share of wondrous and unexplainable discoveries. Ancient ruins built by long lost civilisations were nothing that frightened me even if they were filled with horrible mummies that had been rotting in their tombs for aeons. For
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lot of things that helped end segregation‚ and provide equal rights for all Americans. There are a few that I think really stood out‚ and helped solve the issue of segregation for good. The three things that I thought were the most helpful were the Brown v Topeka Board of Education‚ Freedom Summer‚ and The March on Washington. I am going to talk about the contributions that each of these events had in the ending of segregation and equal rights that they created for everyone in America. I think that
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1010 Things I Hate About You is a American film that is an Shakespearean adaptation‚ one version of The Taming of the Shrew. The film begins in an American high school and then Kat‚ the main character‚ appears. She is a intelligent and attractive girl; the problem is that she has a sister and their overprotective father will just let the youngest date just when Kat gets a boyfriend. The sister‚ Bianca Stratford‚ is following a popular handsome and rich guy in school‚ Joey Donner. He also gets interested
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Name Instructor Course Date “The intent to live‚ Achieving your true potential as an actor”‚ By Larry Moss The book is referred to as intent to live because most of the great actors who perform the acting seem not to be acting but living. This is depicted on how they portray their act; very real from the eyes of the audience. Larry moss has described these instances in this book on how the actors can achieve this level of acting by sharing out the techniques he has developed for over thirty
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necessary to buy the essentials for living‚ money cannot provide an emotion: particularly‚ happiness. There are several possible reasons to classify and support this argument. It seems to be believed that happiness can be bought. This is because we are living in a society which is surrounded by a desire for material gain. When they have finished paying‚ for example‚ the will find themselves empty and still not contented with what they have. Happiness cannot be found in big houses or expensive cars because
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In Three Lives Gertrude Stein created a bigger picture about life through her writing style and use of language. Throughout Three Lives‚ Stein uses adjectives and other descriptive words to describe her characters personalities and tendencies. These descriptive words made the reader question the actual meaning of the words because theses descriptive words were not necessarily consistent with the specific character they were associated with. With this inconsistency‚ Stein presents the idea that not
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War is a waste of good lives‚ which are more precious than any gift on the planet. Life is so fragile and cannot be altered‚ stopped‚ or reversed with any amount of money‚ power‚ or land. Therefore‚ we should not risk young men’s lives by throwing them into a war zones telling them to shoot at people not wearing the same color as you. War causes many innocent people die just because they were “in the way” and causes many others to become murders in order to serve their country. War overall is
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One of the stories that I choose was I Used To Live Here Once by Jean Rhys. The story is a short story that is told in third person format. In the beginning of the story the woman is looking at the stepping stones and remembering them as she is walking across the river. When the narrator says ‘She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one” it lets you know that the young lady in the story has been there before. The narrator of the story is giving a sense of
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In Eugena Welty’s story “Why I live at the PO” the reader is quickly introduced to the main character and narrator of the story. While Welty does not identify the character by name‚ except to refer to her as “Sister”‚ Welty does directly and indirectly introduce the character. The reader is given a bit of background on the character especially about the relationship between the main character and her younger sister‚ which is the driving force of the plot. This is the direct characterization. Then
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