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    of many factors. Many believe that it is hard work that bring them success‚ others think that luck is more important. I totally agree with the quotation‚ because I believe that success comes from hard work‚ as Newton said “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration”. People often believe that luck is something that is beyond our control. How can we know when we get a big contract? How can we predict when our experiment give way for a new discovery? I disagree with this

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    Genius is one per cent inspiration‚ ninety- nine per cent perspiration.” This famous saying by Thomas Alva Edison is very relevant in our present day context.It means that it is hard work that makes a person a genius.Edison was of the view that geniuses are made‚ not born.I agree with his views.Not everyone in this world who has good luck is a genius.Usually we find that the people who work hard to achieve their goal are the ones who are successful.Many times

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    Genius is one percent inspiration‚ ninety-nine percent perspiration. * Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper’s Monthly (September 1932) * Variants: * None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. * Statement in a press conference (1929)‚ as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ Harvey

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    One Direction isn’t an Inspiration? People think that One Direction is just a boy band. They may call them gay. They may call them stupid. They may call them untalented. They may call them idiots‚ but have they ever realized that they aren’t just singers. People don’t see the point in these boys. All they see is the face‚ not the background. All they hear is the music‚ not the lyrics. All they feel towards these boys is hate and dislike. But none of them realize‚ these boys have saved more lives

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    Running Head: THE ONE PERCENT Page 1 THE ONE PERCENT Ryan M. Kerrick March 18‚ 2012 THE ONE PERCENT Page 2 Ryan M. Kerrick Mr. Richard Cannella English Composition II March 18‚ 2012 A good friend of mine recently recommended me to watch a documentary called “The One Percent.” I do not usually watch documentaries unless I am gaining some type of knowledge out of the information presented. Unsure of what it was about and what I was going to get out of it‚ I turned on NetFlix

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    Kimberly Avilez Phil 1301 Genius Aristotle provided the best foundation for the Theory of Forms. Being a pupil of such a great philosopher like Plato and considering the respect and admiration that Aristotle professed to his mentor‚ it had to be a challenge to respectfully provide strongest foundations. Regarding the Theory of Forms‚ Plato and Aristotle both use their definitions of ‘form’ to defeat their relative problems with knowledge. For both philosophers form is able to categorize all

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    The Cost of Genius When you hear the word “genius”‚ what does it mean to you? Does it bring to mind someone who has a high IQ? Of course it probably does. This is what we have had instilled in our minds throughout our lives‚ that a genius is someone who is incredibly brilliant. But who came up with this idea anyway? Who decided that certain things equal brilliance as compared to mediocrity? Did someone have the right to dictate to us that an IQ test score is what makes someone intelligent? Whoever

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    Albert Einstein supposedly once said “Everyone is a genius.” What he was trying to point out to us is that no matter what subject or issue‚ everyone has a talent where they excel‚ and (Coordination) in which they are classified as a genius. But what exactly is a genius? The dictionary states it as an exceptional natural capacity of intellect where intellect is the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands. However‚ there can be various types of geniuses: of the arts‚ inventors

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    we can then calculate the water evolved. The first method we use to determine the percent composition is Gravimetric. With this method we use the mass of the reactant and the mass of the product. Another way to acquire the percent composition is by the Volumetric Method. This method requires measuring the water displaced by the O2 gas. If the experiment is done correctly‚ we should be able to calculate the percent composition of KClO3 by using both methods. Theory: This experiment requires us

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    How do you obtain inspiration on theater? What do you think inspiration means? ‚ Inspiration is an emotion when you love something and you do it because you like how it feels? Or is it something that promotes you to do something? Well its a little of both‚ its not an emotion its a feeling that promotes you to do something. But‚ how do you obtain inspiration? Is it different to obtain normal inspiration and inspiration on theater? You only obtain inspiration if you like something and if it is

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