It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; It is because we do not dare that things are difficult. – Seneca Struggles and difficulties are part of life. You cannot avoid these problems; it will always arise no matter how much you try to take control or organize the things in your life. ....Problems are not the reason why a person lives a difficult and miserable life; most of the time‚ it’s a matter of perspective. Because often‚ majority of people let problems defeat them through
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ultimately led to his decision to give up on the American dream. As mentioned by James Adams‚ the American dream is‚ “a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately‚ and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely…” (Adams). The American dream is not supposed to merely be the aspiration to have a lot of materialistic things‚ but the wanting to reach one’s highest potential. Though‚ the evident downfall of
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current era‚ we have seen many different economic systems develop‚ fail and be replaced. The emergence of capitalism changed the entire field; most capable countries have adopted a free market system. This system has been touted as “the world’s greatest economic success story”1 because no other system “has been as effective…in turning scarcity into abundance.”2 Many people have claimed capitalism to be one of the world’s most moral systems because it “has improved the lives of so many people.”3 Economists
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How to Handle Difficult People – A Tao Perspective How to deal with difficult people. “To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill.” — Gichin Funakoshi‚ father of modern Karate “The Chinese call it Chi; the Japanese‚ Ki; the Indians Prana – it is the life force‚ and it is incredibly powerful…it can’t be explained adequately except to those who have already experienced it‚ but it’s one of the very few willable miracles.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‚ 19-time NBA All-Star‚ describing how
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1. Famous People: 2. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." a. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) 3. "Glory is fleeting‚ but obscurity is forever." b. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 4. "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." c. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) 5. "Don’t be so humble - you are not that great." d. Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat 6. "His ignorance is encyclopedic" e. Abba
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2013 Wealth is Not Always Great Money has always had an effect on people‚ throughout history people have always strived to achieve wealth. However being rich and wealthy is not all about money‚ it is about being happy. In the The Great Gatsby happiness is bought because the characters living in East and West Egg have an absurd amount of money. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the lifestyle and behavior of wealthy individuals in The Great Gatsby‚ illuminating the corrupting power money can have on the
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Wealth is something people want not what people need. Generations have come up with many different ideas of how to gain wealth‚ whether it’s inheriting it from family or working for it‚ it’s still wealth. People think being rich and having a nice house or a nice car or having money to do whatever they want will make them happy. Humans will judge others based on their wealth even though it may not be necessary. Because of this‚ people want to be wealthy and not judged. Being in a high state of wealth
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Money is no issue to most of the characters in The Great Gatsby because whether it is from inheritance‚ polo playing‚ or suspicious means‚ they are very wealthy. However‚ with great wealth comes great responsibility. Apparently nobody from the early 1920s got the memo. Throughout the story we constantly see examples of these absurdly privileged people use their status to justify reckless and childish behavior. When Tom takes Nick into the valley of ashes and forces him off the train to meet myrtle
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The Great Gatsby remains a token piece of American Literature due to its astounding themes that transcend time and expose the flaws in modern society. Through the characters Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes that the misconception of wealth being profoundly good often leads to an unsatisfactory life in his book The Great Gatsby. Tom and Daisy Buchanan serve as examples of how fleeting prioritizing wealth is. When presented a choice between marrying Gatsby for love and
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FAMOUS PEOPLE People can become famous for discovering something‚ acting‚ singing‚ dancing and many other things. Some of them become well-known during their life‚ the others after their death. There are many famous people all over the world and one of them is Arthur Nobel who I would like to talk about today. ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL – a Swedish chemist‚ one of the most famous discoverers of the 19th century‚ was born in 1833 in the capital city of Sweden – Stockholm. His father‚ Immanuel Nobel
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