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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opinions.” (Lee 139). When I read this quote I can understand that Atticus is wise beyond his years by listening to other opinions and trying to understand where they are coming from. Most people are drastically affected by an opinion of them‚ but Atticus is not phased at all. Instead Atticus says that they deserve respect for even forming their opinions. No matter the grief that he receives Atticus always fights for what is right. In the book he says that helping Tom Robinson is something he has to do
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*All page numbers listed first are for the paperback‚ Scribner books.* *All page numbers listed second are for the hardcover blue/gray books.* Chapter 1 ―Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone‚ just remember that all the people in this world haven‘t had the advantages that you‘ve had‖ (1‚ 1). ―In consequence‚ I‘m inclined to reserve all judgments‚ a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores…Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite
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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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n all manifestations of racism from the mildest to the most severe‚ what is being denied is the possibility that the racializers and the racialized can coexist in the same society‚ except perhaps on the basis of domination and subordination. George M. Fredrickson Collective fear stimulates herd instinct‚ and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. Bertrand Russell In order to get beyond racism‚ we must first take account of race. There is no other way
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“The war against Corruption is the Mother of all Wars.” “The ultimate tragedy is not the brutality of bad people but the silence of good people”…said Martin Luther King‚ the great American Civil Rights Leader. “On this earth there is enough for everyone’s need but not for their greed.” M.K.GANDHI “Allah Curses the giver of Bribes and the Receiver of Bribes and the person who paves the way for both parties.” --- PROPHET MOHAMMED “Behind every corrupt man there is a greedy family.” “No Legacy
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