genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe‚ Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words tags: be-yourself ‚ inspirational 12987 people liked it like “I like nonsense‚ it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: fantasy 12936 people liked it like “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.” ― Jim Henson
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that the story takes place. In this novel‚ Nick goes to some length to establish his credibility in telling about this “great” man called Gatsby. For example‚ “He has one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it‚ that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced‚ or seemed to face‚ the whole eternal world for an instant.” (Fitzgerald 48) This is part of Nick’s close examination of Gatsby’s character and appearance. This description of Gatsby’s smile shows both
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091-114-020 11 Dec.‚ 2011 Treatment of Death by Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson wrote on extensive human problems. Probably‚ the withdrawal from society into isolation resulted in her deep meditation of life’s difficulties. A good number of her poetry is on mortality and immortality. Her views on death are very personal‚ rejuvenating and original‚ so much so that death seems to be something warm and welcoming. The obsession for death leads her to regard death as a kind of new life and the
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Emily Dickinson in her poem “If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking” wrote that “If I can stop one heart from breaking‚ I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching‚ Or cool one pain” These lines flawlessly provoke the humanity that nestles in our heart. We would like to conclude by saying that the person who commits suicide or attempts suicide has already given up on life. He feels lost and is devoid of any hope to climb the ladders that he has fallen from. The whole life already seems
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Downs 14 october 2013 Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love Background Figure 1: Diane Downs. Photograph. Police Officer. Diane Downs’ 1988 Prison Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 22 Oct. 2010 Diane Downs was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ U.S. to Wes and Willadene Frederickson on August 7‚ 1955. In her early life‚ she was molested by her father when she was a little child. She went to Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and met her future husband‚ Steve Downs. At the age
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A Woman in Her Prime by Asare Konadu. Heinemann‚ 1967. 107 pages Compared to the brilliance and brashness of so much Nigerian literature‚ the quieter literature of Ghana may seem in danger of being overlooked. A Woman in Her Prime is a good example of what a mistake that would be. Like its heroine‚ A Woman in Her Prime is modest‚ balanced‚ calm‚ and understated‚ but with a charm and quiet beauty that prove captivating. It centers on a domestic drama that can be stated simply: Pokuwaa would
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May the Force Be With Volkswagen An Analysis of Volkswagen’s Super Bowl XLV Commercial May the Force Be With Volkswagen An Analysis of Volkswagen’s Super Bowl XLV Commercial In 1977‚ a film was unleashed onto movie goers unlike any other. George Lucas created the ultimate science fiction movie that is still adored by millions of fans; young and old‚ proud nerds and closet nerds‚ male and female. Star Wars’ legacy is being passed down through generations‚ from those born at the time of
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the poet Emily Dickinson greatly feared the "narrow fellow in the grass‚" writing that she "never met this fellow/Attended or alone/Without a tighter breathing/And zero at the bone." A new study in the Dec. 12-16 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents frequent python attacks on a tribe of preliterate‚ hunter-gatherers in the Philippines‚ one of the first studies to actually quantify the danger that snakes pose to humans. Dickinson was not alone in her ophidiophobia
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consequences. While others may do one small thing wrong and will have to suffer for it the rest of their lives. In “A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner‚ Emily Grierson gets away with everything she does and no one has the courage to say anything to her. Emily is a tradition in the small town of Jefferson. She is a living monument of the past and traditions the people of the town wish to respect and honor. For that reason‚ no one wants to upset or offend her. Her last name is one of wealth
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “1593‚” describes an intense storm similar to a hurricane. The subject initially appears to be a “Wind” as presented in the first line of the poem‚ but the by looking at the poem as a whole this wind appears to be only one part of the larger storm‚ which also seems to present the powerful and destructive force of nature. The language of the poem presents a certain amount of ambiguity concerning the perspective of the speaker towards this storm. Through diction and connotation
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