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    When culture appropriation happens it takes away the meaning and symbolism of the traditional piece that is being appropriated. Imagine what these cultures are going through. Imagine being in their place. Imagine being humiliated and made fun of because you wear something that is a part of your culture‚ but someone else gets called pretty and get praised when they wear the exact same thing you’re wearing even though they don’t know the meaning of the piece

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    Freedom has many different meanings. The quality of being frank‚ open‚ or outspoken along with the absence of necessity‚ coercion‚ or constraint are just some of the meanings of freedom. The quality of being exempt or released from something is also another definition of freedom. As much as freedom is considered to be a good thing it also has bad qualities that can accompany it. As young children grow‚ they want to have more freedom as they get older. They want to have that sense of independence

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    Laurel Wreaths Meaning

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    I have always thought the meaning of my name was boring. I have always liked the way my name sounds‚ but I never thought it meant much. Whenever I looked up “Lauren‚” every website said it meant “crowned with a wreath of laurel.” For thirteen years‚ I thought that I was named after a plant. Only recently‚ I looked up what a laurel wreath actually was. In ancient times‚ laurel leaves were used in crowns for Olympic winners and were worn on Roman emperors to celebrate triumphs (kidzsearch.com). Laurel

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    “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life‚ the whole aim and end of human existence” I do not think that there is a single person in the world who can say that knows what happiness actually is and‚ more importantly‚ that knows how to achieve it. We sometimes get the glimpse of pure happiness but those moments are so rare and so intense that we only recognise them too late. Each of us understands this feeling in a different way…I‚ for instance‚ see it as the one that

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    themselves. This connects with the rest of the book‚ as Tom and Daisy are seen as a “reckless” couple‚ and one that only cares about themselves.             The negative outlook of the Valley of Ashes also connects to the people that live their. For example‚ George and Myrtle Wilson own a house in the valley of ashes. The negative perspective of the valley connects with the Wilson’s personalities. Myrtle carries on an affair with Tom Buchanan (mentioned numerous times throughout the book)‚ and George

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    Obedient Heart Meaning

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    What does an obedient heart mean to you? There can be many perspectives of what the word “obedience” means‚ but only a few can fit the meaning of an obedient heart. One definition from of obedience is: “To comply with or follow the commands‚ restrictions‚ wishes‚ or instructions of” This definition fits well for a part of the meaning‚ but it is not the full definition. My definition of an obedient heart is to follow and obey one’s commands‚ with a willing attitude. To obey does not mean you have

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    Meaning of Risk and Uncertainty Risk: In Common Parlance‚ risk means a low probability of an expected outcome. From business decision-making point of view‚ risk refers to a situation in which a business decision is expected to yield more than one outcome and the probability of each outcome is known to the decision makers or can be reliably estimated. For example‚ if a company doubles its advertisement expenditure‚ there are three probable outcomes: i) Its sales may more than double ii)

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    Shining‚ a film produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year of 1980‚ is a classic horror movie about a family isolated in a haunted hotel for the winter. However‚ Bill Blakemore‚ a journalist‚ has written an article that claims that the film has much more meaning to it than just a man gone mad in a sinister hotel filled with dark entities. The article “The Family Of Man” written by Bill Blakemore‚ could make it seem as if it is almost an entirely new film. However‚ the movie is no more than what it portrays

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    “The Ultimate Meaning of Freedom” "Ultimately‚ man should not ask what the meaning of his life is‚ but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word‚ each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible." – Viktor Frankl In this quote‚ Frankl explains that the answer to man’s search for meaning cannot be found in others‚ but he must find it himself without asking anyone for the

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    Edison Arellano Joseph Eshlemen SPEECH 1000 80117 9/25/13 Extra Credit (Rosebud) The word “Rosebud” had many different kinds of meanings‚ some outrageous and others more relevant to the word but searching through all the explanations‚ I believe that the meaning for this word was the name of a snow sled that a young boy wanted but couldn’t really get back. This pictured on a drama film in the 1940’s called “Citizen Kane” that was produced‚ directed‚ co-written‚ and starred by a man named Orson Wells

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