A famous basketball player once stated‚ "In order to become better‚ you must push yourself to do the things you could not do yesterday." This quote supports many different aspects of life. Once one thing is mastered‚ you must keep going in order to grow and improve. In order to grow in intelligence‚ talent‚ and in life in general‚ you must go out of your comfort zone. For example‚ Kindergarten is the first big step a student takes to learning. In this grade‚ I began learning the alphabet and
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are so powerful that Jonas experienced how they felt and he could actually sense them. For example on the first page of chapter 11‚“ Then he shivered… tongue touched the suddenly chilled air‚ or “ He felt it blow against his hands…”‚ (Lowry)these quotes show that the memories grip a great power. The memories made Jonas perceive words he had never knew of before. They let him feel sensations that he had never knew existed. Jonas needed these memories because they were going to become a major part
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Memorable quotes for ad feedback Maggie: It wasn’t your fault. "Bull" McCabe: Wasn’t it my mouth the words came out of? "Bull" McCabe: She’s a woman like your mother. If we knew how to keep the women happy we’d still be in paradise. "Bull" McCabe: There’s another law stronger than the common law. Father Doran: What’s that? "Bull" McCabe: The law of the land. "Bull" McCabe: He’s alright. Let him be. He learnt the lesson of the land. "Bull" McCabe: Go on father‚ go on. Lock the gates
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THE GREAT GATSBY QUOTES 1. I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool. Explanation Daisy speaks these words in Chapter 1 as she describes to Nick and Jordan her hopes for her infant daughter. While not directly relevant to the novel’s main themes‚ this quote offers a revealing glimpse into Daisy’s character. Daisy is not a fool herself but is the product of a social environment that‚ to a great extent‚ does not value intelligence in women
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Romeo falls in love with a girl named Rosaline and says "Out of her favor where I am in love.(1.1.173)" In this quote Romeo is saying to Benvolio how he is in love with Rosaline. Romeo has never talked to Rosaline yet he is in love. When Romeo finds out that Rosaline does not love him back he is in grief. He sits in is room all day crying and thinking of Rosaline
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Rachel Mathews H 102 A 3/30/18 Reading Response 7 I. Quote a. “We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good distance in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us.” b. This quote from the excerpt of Joseph Stalin‚ “On Soviet Industrialization Speech to Industrial Managers‚” February 1931 is significant because Stalin talks about how they will not have the chance of rising to the top and keeping their independence if they lower their tempo at all. He states
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their neighbors‚ almost everyone in the neighborhood. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall‚ judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch” (Lee‚ 13). Also “what teeth he had were yellow and rotten” . These are both quotes that Jem used to describe Boo to Scout. Miss Stephanie Crawford told the kids that Boo came out at night and peeked into her windows. LANI: EVENTS LEADING UP
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“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is more painful than staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” -Mandy Hale This quote is perfect for the novel because Stanley doesn’t know he’s changing‚ but when he finds out he is‚ he realizes that he belongs anywhere he wants to be. In Holes‚ Stanley has been impacted in many ways‚ from the other boys‚ Zero‚ and even a little bit of himself. Stanley wasn’t the same at the beginning. He was shy and didn’t want to talk‚ and he wasn’t always loyal
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that they have each other makes them unique. Other characters such as Carlson‚ Slim‚Candy and Crooks all represent the theme of loneliness and friendship in some way. ‘don’t even take a look at that bitch’ various messages are displayed in this quote‚ for example there is a sense of prejudice as George judges Curleys wife right from the start by looking at the way she acts.Also‚ a sense of foreshadowing comes through as he is obviously trying to stop Lennie from becoming attracted to her as it
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“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example” (Benjamin Disraeli). In this quote Mr. Disraeli is saying a hero is anyone who will be remembered for the dignified examples they set for others. The epic poem of Beowulf‚ rewritten in English by Seamus Heaney‚ is a grade-A caliber source of how people viewed a “hero’ back in Anglo-Saxon times. The Geat hero‚ Beowulf‚ leads his people through his examples of fearlessness and pure strength. These are some of
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