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    Price for Fame

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    Many people dream of fame and popularity‚ they are often jealous of celebrities whose pictures appear on the covers of magazines and newspapers. However they do not realize that famous people who are always in the public eye do not have easy lives. There is a price to pay for fame. First of all‚ I would like to say that when a person becomes famous‚ he or she does not have much freedom. Normally‚ a celebrity is being managed by an agent. Celebrities have to follow what the agent has arranged for

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    Professional sport and film industry are considered to be one of the most profitable activities and nearly everyone dreams to become a famous athlete or a movie star and receive much money for it. These careers are surrounded by numerous legends and myths related with the easiness of the work and the lack of any knowledge and skills. Nearly everyone thinks that it is easy to be an actor and play his role in the film or to be an athlete and run all day long and do nothing special connected with the

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    as professional football players decide to commit crimes when they know how much of a key role they play in our society. The life of a NFL player is very stressful and the athletes rely on their talents to earn their money. Like any item with an excessive amount of abundance‚ the amount of stress that builds up on these players will eventually reach it peak‚ and it will finally burst. The amount of stress that is constantly on these players could be one important cause as to why professional athletes

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    Do professional athletes get paid enough? Yes‚ they do‚ and for many different reasons. Athletes have to deal with large commitments‚ the danger of playing sports‚ and common life expenses. Often‚ professional athletes are offered contracts by a certain team or sponsor. Some of these contracts can be for a long period of time too. Next‚ playing sports has a very large risk for injury. These athletes never know when they will have a career ending injury. Lastly‚ athletes still have to pay for common

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    Fame & Success

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    Fame does not mean Success Being successful doesn’t always mean that fame is involved. Success is a spiritual practice of doing what you love regardless of outcome. Fame is an arbitrary reward not necessarily given to the most deserving. We look at success from different perspective and judge how it builds the characteristics to hit the level of success. To most people‚ success means achieving a goal. In order to achieve a goal‚ a person usually has to work hard and believe in himself. People

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    Are Professional Athletes being Paid too Much? An Editorial on the Overlooked Salary Difference Matt Crandall SHS Junior Walking through the halls of Sally High one day‚ my ear caught the words of two young individuals debating over an interesting topic. It was a discussion on the large pay difference between what they thought were hard working Americans and jobs of the entertainment market. As I continued to think more in depth about this current discussion that had just been overheard

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    Pay to Play Are athletes at Division 1-A colleges amateurs or are they really professionals? This question is argued by many people throughout the nation. Some say it’s unfair to others but some also say that it is a necessity for these athletes. With these athletes being full time students while playing sports‚ they don’t have any opportunities to make money. There are three specific reasons on why college athletes should get paid: It will pay for more than just textbooks‚ players give up their

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    been a popular topic in American sports. In some cases‚ professional athletes use steroids. Barry Bonds‚ a Major League Baseball (MLB) player‚ admitted that he used steroids while playing in the MLB. Steeper penalties should be implemented in professional sports leagues for those who use performance enhancing drugs‚ because they give athletes an unfair advantage. What does PED stand for? PED means “performance enhancing drugs” that athletes can use to get better. Most steroids are injected into the

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    Wealth Fame

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    Thursday 20th‚ November 2014 Qualities of Life Wealth and fame are two qualities that are often hard to differentiate; yet they are very often intertwined. Therefore‚ we ask ourselves this: is it money or fame that makes a person? Both elements are desired by almost all humanity. Fame and wealth differ and are similar in many ways. Fame is easier to achieve than wealth‚ fame doesn’t mean necessarily being rich‚ and money is more desired than fame. People that are well known for what they did are famous

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    20 September‚ 2014 Tycoons “Big business is not about making money.” With reference to the context of Hong Kong‚ write an article for your school magazine using this comment as a title. Give three reasons to support your views on the comment. Big business is not about making money This is the image promoted by most of the enterprises established in Hong Kong and a statement reiterated by our Chief Executive Officer for many times in the public. In fact‚ companies of public

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