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    illnesses‚ but how many people actually know and understand mental illnesses like depression or schizophrenia. Many people misunderstand mental illnesses because you can’t see the effects of them and many think that it’s the victim’s fault they have the illness. The fact is that many mental illnesses are genetic like cancer and some are just as deadly‚ just no one knows about them. Since these illnesses and disorders aren’t well know‚ the public neglects them and the people suffering with them‚ and

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    Ericsson describes some of the average every day lies in her essay “The Ways We Lie”. She describes the white lie as the liar assuming that the truth will cause more damage than the simple‚ harmless untruth; and an out-and-out lie she describes as the bald-faced lie. A lot of people lie without realizing it. Through personal experience‚ white lies and out-and-out lies have come across my path a lot in my lifetime. The white lie is one of the most popular lies. It can be used by anybody‚ kids to parents

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    Anthony Allen Intro to writing 2 February 2‚ 2014 An Incident that made you Believe in Fate Honestly I have no idea where I might stand on this one‚ as I have had things happen‚ that needed to happen for many reasons‚ occur out of the blue and make enormous changes in my life. At the same time I am all for my own free will and making what I wish to happen a reality through hard work and smiles‚ but I can say that there is one incident that happened that made me realize that maybe our lives are

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    "The Ways We Lie‚ the author tells about the many ways people lie and explains the reasons for doing it. Her essay explains the different lies told daily by most people. First is the white lie‚ which is basically telling a harmless lie instead of the truth‚ if the truth I bad news. Then a facade is changing your behavior while avoiding the real truth. The author tells of a lie done with the intent to do wrong. And deflecting is not answering the question at all. The author tells how people are often

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    scenarios that create different lies‚ which creates our society today. Surely everyone lies‚ we weren’t taught to lie but that is in our nature. Society lies to justify their actions because people may think they are preventing other scandals however‚ that may not be the case. The Ways We Lie‚ an essay written by Stephanie Ericsson describes only 10 ways of lying. Every single person has told a lie before‚ from a friendly one

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    around for as long as people have been. We all lie‚ whether it is to protect someone we love of to cover up something we don’t want others to know about‚ it is still lying‚ and we all do it everyday. Lying has become the new normal for our modern society‚ so much so‚ that some of us have lost our morals completely. It is just so much easier and quicker to just lie to someone than to tell the truth‚ and now you can never tell who is lying to you or who is telling the truth. People use to have morals

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    The Fringe division tracks down a series of deaths of wives shortly after the passing of their respective husbands. Discovering traces of the husbands’ DNA on the bodies of the wife‚ Walter Bishop (John Noble) suspects that the killer is using pheromones taken from the husband to get close to the wives‚ using the substances as a perfume. Further identifying castoreum within the pheromone mix‚ they identify the murderer as Anson Carr (Michael Massee)‚ a former and disgruntled employee of a perfume

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    would someone lie and say yes just to spare the friend’s feelings? Or if someone wanted to go to the movies with a friend and the friend did not want to go‚ would he or she straight up say “no I don’t want to go”? Or would they claim to be busy with something else just so there’s no hard feelings? The article “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson discusses nine different types of lies people tell and/or encounter almost on a daily basis. The article focus’ on deciding when to lie and also how those

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    “No‚ you look great in that color”‚ “I don’t think you need to diet”‚ or “I’ve never binge watched Netflix” are all example of common lies we tell. As Stephanie Erecsson‚ the author of “The Ways We Lie” essay‚ implies that white lies are necessities for living. Though‚ when lies are incorporated into important affairs‚ lots of trouble can be aroused. Lying can become a cultural cancer when provided in any political or governmental situation‚ however‚ in an individual’s personal life‚ lying is necessary

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    According to the information collected by the USSR‚ during World War II‚ over 11 million people were killed‚ and countless people lost their rights and freedom for over four years. More than 20 countries were involved in this bloody war. The Nazi’s merciless actions towards the Jewish people captivated the attention of the whole world. The Nazis took the lives of more than six million Jews‚ including newborn babies and children. This was obviously a cruel operation. However‚ according to Anne Frank

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