Most of all I do not like patriotism very much because I have some negative associations with it. It reminds me of flags‚ war and football. I have to think about people being proud and admiring their country – sometimes in a quite naive way. I do not think that pride is completely bad. Pride is good for one’s self-esteem and so is patriotism. Pride is alright if it improves the own self-perception. But I don’t like it as soon as pride makes people look down on others. This is arrogance. Sadly
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hope that I was able to successfully accomplish in your mind what I set out to do by writing and publishing this book. If I did‚ I suspect that you’ll never look at religion‚ politics‚ and football the same way again. Though they’ve been referred to in this book as bitter rivals‚ these three (3) things‚ if we approach them with respect (worthy opponents)‚ thoughtfulness (strategic game planning)‚ and care (attention to details)‚ can bring out the very best (execution and performance) in us and how
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question what does writing mean to me in my life. While thinking I can honest say that writing helps me to feel better‚ I feel some kind of relief by write . If you have a lot of things to say‚ but you have some problems of expressing them by talk about it‚ you may try to write it down to help you express what you have to say. Writing for me is self-expression. I think‚ that we all are writers‚ and developing our talent of writing we can express ourselves through writing. Writing means many different
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Writing can mean so many different things‚ but to me it means putting all your thoughts that you can’t say out loud on a piece of paper. Escaping to a world where it’s only you and your thoughts. You can express yourself and don’t have to worry about what someone else thinks about you. Writing allows you to self-express yourself and reach heights and depths that you‚ yourself probably did not know you could even reach. Writing allows you to challenge your inner thoughts and express them in a different
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What does the Bill of Rights mean to me? The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments of the Constitution. It has different meanings for everyone. It means many different things to me today. The Bill of Rights affects me in many different ways such as what I believe‚ what I say‚ and what other freedoms I have. The first amendment affects me in many different ways in every day life. It talks about freedom of press‚ speech and religion. This amendment is one of the most important to me. Without
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I don’t have much to say about writing for myself. Writing doesn’t mean much to me. I am not a writer. I am an orator. However‚ writing does mean something to my wife. I love my wife. She loves to write. She spends hours a day writing. I watch words flow from her fingertips as she writes page after page. She doesn’t let me read much of what she writes‚ but when she does‚ I can see the passion and the joy that she has for what she writes about. I wish that I could write with such a fire. Writing
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Destiny. To foreigners‚ the American Dream is family and a job to support them. To natives‚ the American Dream is a bit blurry. To some‚ it means making it big‚ and living a stable life where money troubles don’t exist and all is well. To me‚ the American Dream is living everything to the fullest‚ and being happy with what life decided to throw at you. My grandma tells me the American Dream is‚ and I quote‚ “A chicken in every pot‚ a roof over everyone’s head‚ a job for everyone‚ and to make it better for
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"True Friendship" Friendship is something that takes time to happen. You may think that having a friend means‚ you share a friendship‚ but I do not think so. Friendship to me is getting to know someone so well that you could tell what the person is feeling even when they won’t admit it. A friend is a person who will always be by your side when times are bad. When you feel like no one cares for you‚ it is not true only a true friend does and will know when you are feeling this and
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What does college mean to me? Going to college to me means a lifetime full of knowledge. College is an accomplishment that would give me success for the rest of my life. When I’m older I hope college will build on to my knowledge level and put me at the top! I want to be an anesthesiologist when I get older so that means I have to go to at least four years at a regular college hopefully USC‚ and then go to a doctoring school for at least 8 years. In order to achieve this goal I have to do well
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The word college has different meanings according to the person whom the subject it is talked about. To some people college is a place to have fun and find out who one is while to others the word college means a place to seek a better living. The word college itself means a place where a person gets a higher degree in education. Whatever the meaning may be‚ it can be agreed that college is necessary to become someone in life and not get the usual pay as everyone else. Different people have their
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