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    Attitude Is Everything

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    Mr. Klongerbo Honors English III 28 August 2013 “Attitude is everything” “A smile and a positive attitude is the key to happiness” is my motto. I agree with the author that “attitude is everything” because the ability to choose your attitude‚ feelings‚ opinions‚ etc.‚ affects the way you feel about life. Attitude stimulates energy and is the difference between having a “good day” or a “bad day”. “Attitude is everything” because it elicits the positive aspects of life‚ and eliminates most

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    Everything Is Possible

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    Everything is possible. Charles F. Kettering said that “Nothing ever built to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should‚ some man believed that it could‚ and some man willed that it must.” Everything is possible in each of our lives; we simply have to sense it‚ see it and act upon it. After all‚ where would we be without men like Thomas Edison who believed there could be light‚ saw the vision in his mind and acted upon everything that was possible for him? Emily Dickinson phrased it

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    Marketing Is Everything

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    Marketing is everything Regis McKenna‚ Harvard Business Review January-February 1991 * “Technology is transforming choice‚ and choice is transforming the marketplace.” * “Technology has moved into product‚ the workplace‚ and the marketplace with astonishing speed and thoroughness.” * “The defining characteristic of this new technological push is programmability.” * “These new customers don’t know about the old rules‚ the old understanding or the old ways of doing business- and

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    Complete History of the Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis‚ who came to power in Germany in January 1933‚ believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews‚ deemed "inferior‚" were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community. The Holocaust was the effort

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    Money Is Not Everything

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    MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING Yesterday‚ today tomorrow and even beyond‚ we all use money to live in this world. We as new generations of human must not think that money is part of our lives. With only money‚ not all things you can get. So I will say money is not everything. We always study hard to get a job for salary‚ have you ever realized that money is just a tangible thing that will not last forever. There are a lot of reasons why we must not depend on money. Does money can help us when we are dying

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    Thomas Malory‚ Alfred Tennyson‚ and Jack Boorman have all retold Arthurian Legend in their own creative ways. Each of these authors have brought forth different endings that can be deciphered as interesting or pointless. A story‚ a poem‚ and a movies... Intro Sentence.After Sir Gawaine was slain in battle‚ Thomas Malory has him return to Arthur in his dream. Gawaine says to Arthur that he should not engage in battle for he will die. Instead he should construct a Treaty for a month and a day‚ for

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    The Appalachian Trail is one of the longest‚ most unforgiving trails in the United States‚ and even the world. Bill Bryson proved this‚ by walking the great A.T. himself. He took a friend with him‚ Katz‚ and they took a trip they would never forget. Bryson is very descriptive with his tale‚ “A Walk in the Woods”‚ and uses imagery a lot. He creates tense and shockingly alarming moods in his writing‚ especially in this story‚ which engages the reader only more. Bryson’s imagery is thorough and precise

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    In 285 A.D.‚ the Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into 2 sections: Eastern and Western. Constantinople was made the capital of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire‚ by the Emperor Constantine. The Eastern Empire eventually became known as the Byzantine Empire‚ its name deriving from‚ Byzantium‚ the place of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire reached its climax during the sovereignty of Emperor Justinian 1. Italy‚ southern Spain‚ and North Africa‚ were conquered by the Byzantines. The

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    Fat‚ Sick‚ and Nearly Dead is an extremely eye opening film. Joe Cross‚ the director/executive producer is an Australian entrepreneur who invests in high potential growth companies. He is forty-one years old‚ one hundred pounds overweight‚ weighting a total of 309 pounds‚ and has a condition called autoimmune disease. Once he discovers his disease is caused by unhealthy eating‚ he chooses to go on a cleanse of just drinking fresh green juice for sixty days. To get his health back on track he prefers

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    by running off to Hawaii to create a friendship with Olly‚ that potentially leads to more. Maddy’s mother lies to her saying she has a deadly disease and she could die if she goes into the outside world. In Nicola Yoon’s “EverythingEverything”‚ Maddy’s mother does everything to protect her but her love is only pushing Maddy further away‚ Olly is willing to do anything to protect and keep Maddy safe from her disease‚ and Maddy falls in love with a guy who she barely even knows. BODY #1 Maddy’s

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