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    and which one the user select depend on the situation that user uses to show.  Will When we talking about event in the future that we expect to happened but that are not in our control‚ we can use Will or Going to‚ but we use Will when we decide what to do. Form: will + Infinitive Ex: I will play football. Tomorrow will be warm and sunny everywhere. When the sentence has two part that refer to the future‚ we use Present Simple after if‚ when‚

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    greatest number of people. Basically what this means is‚ doing the right thing is based on how many people your action benefits rather than how much it benefits you. According to the Oxford American Dictionary utility means “the state of being useful‚ profitable‚ or beneficial”(oxford dictionary‚2013). The whole theory is all about how much it benefits and how useful or profitable an action or an idea is. For example: if killing one criminal brings forth happiness to a hundred people‚ then killing that

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    Poetry and Happiness

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    Close Reading In the poem‚ “Happiness”‚ the poet‚ Priscilla Leonard‚ illustrates for the reader that happiness cannot be contained and that one human cannot own all happiness. The poem happiness is about how to live life to the fullest. In the first two lines of the poem‚ ”Happiness is a crystal/ fair and exquisite and clear” the feeling and emotion that the poet gives the reader‚ is peaceful and tranquil(1-2). Leonard throws a different perspective at the reader when she write ‚”broken in a

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    The Illusion of Happiness

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    The Illusion of Happiness Some say that happiness is just an illusion. It is an abstract word that is too fleeting and many say that no one can find ‘true happiness’ without it being a trick of the senses and the mind and‚ in other words‚ an illusion. True happiness is often defined as satisfaction‚ contentment‚ and acceptance. But what comes after the feeling of contentment? Arthur Schopenhauer believes the world to be a "vale of tears‚ full of suffering. All happiness is an illusion. Life

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    Causes and Solutions of Juvenile Delinquency Posted by: ReadingCraze.com March 15‚ 2013 in Adolescence‚ Family and Parenting Leave a comment Juvenile delinquency is also known as teenage crime. It is like any crime that human beings commit but these crime differ becasue they are committed by young people. Before coming of age girls and boys have less understanding of the world. Parents‚ friends and teachers are all responsible along with the juvenile who commit a crime. This is why courts do not

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    Love and Happiness

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    Professor: White English 0300 7 pm 29th March 2011 Love and Happiness According to the Webster dictionary love is to share one’s life‚ and downfalls; not just ones personal property; love is an affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; a strong feeling of attraction. Being honest about you and allowing the other person involved in the relationship to really get to know who you really are. Happiness is an agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from

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    Happiness in China

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    Introduction This paper mainly focuses on Chinese happiness index and its influencing factors analysis. There are many things we are eager to get‚ such as freedom‚ money‚ promising job‚ reputation‚ etc. However‚ we do not pursuit these things themselves‚ what we want is the improvement of happiness. Those things have value only when they directly or indirectly promote the feeling of happiness. Gross national happiness (GNH) is an indicator that measures quality of life or social development in

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    Happiness is not ready made‚ instead it is something that comes from your own actions. Like‚ Into the Wild’s main character‚ Chris McCandless was in search of happiness. He wanted to find happiness and comfort in what he does. He tried to defeat his overcomes in search of happiness. Chris wanted to prove that you can be happy doing what you want to do and not something you have to. In Chris’s point of view‚ money‚ luxury ‚ education etc. didn’t define happiness. Instead he thought all that just corrupted

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    Happiness Essay

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    Happiness Essay Lee Colucci 2-25-13 What does happiness mean? I have often wondered about that. Dorothy Wade also questions “So what do you need to do to find happiness?” to me the quote means what things must you do or endure to get happiness. I believe that as people‚ we are never satisfied. After reading Professor Seligman’s theory on happiness I support‚ and qualify his observation as happiness being short-lived. This can be proven by the observations that people always look for the negative

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    Pursuit of Happiness

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    pursue happiness but not the right to happiness. That being said‚ folks in our society need to follow what pleases them. People in different areas of the world have various ideas of what makes them happy. It is true that money does not buy happiness. Normally humans are happy with just a few of the basic living attributes. To live a prosperous life of pleasure one must surround themselves with what promotes their happiness and well-being. There is a large variation of the definition of happiness‚ but

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