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    Happiness or Fame? An Italian fashion designer with the name of Roberto Cavalli once said‚ “In the beginning‚ I loved being famous‚ but now I am tired of it‚ and I would like to go back to my freedom.” So‚ in a question of fame bring happiness or are people who are not famous more likely to be happy‚ I think that being famous is not something that brings a person true happiness. When one is famous‚ a person gets no privacy and freedom ‚ they deal with a lot of fake people‚ and while they might

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    Incompatibility of Happiness and Truth In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley portrays a society with predestined social caste‚ lack of emotional relationships‚ and willful dissolution found in a hallucinogenic drug. In the present day World State‚ ones life long potential is designed and blueprinted into embryos. Social standing and credentials are defined and programmed into set castes. Each caste defined and taught to know and understand a set definition of personal satisfaction and happiness. John the

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    What is happiness? Their could be a hundred definitions to any one person. The dictionary defines it as feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. It also says it is being lucky or fortunate. Each person has their own way to define happiness. For me happiness is a celebration such as‚ a graduation‚ a wedding‚ or the birth of a new child. When I was seventeen‚ I dropped out of high school. For me this was not a good choice‚ and as time went on I regretted not finishing school. In 1999‚ five years

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    of America today is the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor‚ and the discrepancy is caused by capitalism run wild and only the helping hand of the government can only fix the problem. A question that turns the tables is what if the growing wealth disparity in America is actually caused by the government? For years‚ the idea that inequality is economically neutral has been the prevailing view not just among traditionalists but also between most Americans outside the further reaches of a political

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    (In Tagalog‚ the surveys of Social Weather Stations‚ or SWS‚ use “talagang masaya‚” “medyo masaya‚” “hindi masyadong masaya‚” and “talagang hindi masaya.”) Conventionally‚ the upper two categories are Happy‚ and the lower two are Unhappy. Thus happiness and unhappiness get measured at the same time. Out of every five adult Filipinos‚ four are happy and one is not. That is probably a little over the world average‚ for those who go for international contests. For me‚ what matters more is progress

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    The word happiness resembles success to me. Happiness is a significant word than the term hustle. Success does not necessarily mean obtaining money‚ or having enormous houses. Happiness can be defined as being joyful in any of your momentous parts of your life. Happiness can lead you in acquiring splendid experiences throughout your life. Those wonderful experiences can guide you in finding and accomplishing your passion. There is no necessity for stressing and hustling your way out to success. When

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    Happiness is defined as being pleased or delighted about a particular thing. The ability to be in control is defined as authorities. Happiness is one of the three unalienable rights of life. There are many things that make a person happy. These things range from‚ a personal object‚ a close relationship with a person or an idea. Yet‚ happiness is not a solid state of mind. It must be developed over time and is based on the decisions made in one’s life. Many people question whether we can control our

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    individuals always suffer. Individuals dying not having happiness and lying is a massive reason as to why individuals are always suffering. In the year of wonders the plague is the main reason why everyone suffers. There’s really no happiness around as individuals have to focus more on surviving the plague rather than their own happiness and well-being. There are many examples during years of wonders where this is quite evident. From “The memories of happiness are fleeting things‚ reflections in a stream‚

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    Ron Carlson’s “Happiness‚” is about a trip with a father‚ his two sons Nick and Colin‚ and brother Regan‚ visiting the family’s cabin in Utah to fish for the last time as the Father says goodbye and makes sure his sons are prepared for him to pass. Carlson suggests the central idea is that family needs to remember the happy times to prepare for the hard ones and uphold the traditions. Carlson uses setting to focus on the happy memories the family shared and the importance of tradition. Carlson uses

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    Hector and the Search for Happiness Questions 1. Under 12 what made me happy? * Being surrounded by people * Playing sports(especially softball) * Making friends * Spending time with my parents * Going to my grandparents’ house * Dogs * Big family dinners * Christmas * Summer months * Going to camp * Trying new things * Being active * Going to Seattle Mariner games * Husky football games I love and cherish every moment I spent on the ball field

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