Alice Walker was born on February ninth 1944‚ the youngest of eight children raised by Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. As a child Alice’s parents worked hard‚ her mother worked for eleven hours for $17 per week. When walker was young her mother defended her kids from working in other peoples fields by saying "You might have some black children somewhere‚ but they don’t live in this house. Don’t you ever come around here again talking about how my children don’t need to learn how
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“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” This quote by Malcolm X showed that he was ready for the future‚ whatever it may be. (Moncur). Malcolm X greatly affected the turn of black de-segregation in the 1950s. He had strong beliefs‚ suffered a gruesome assassination‚ and a remarkable legacy. Malcolm Little had many strong beliefs in himself and in people all over the world. Malcolm Little educated himself‚ so was able to find out what he believed. For one‚ he changed his name
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Professor golf player Tiger Woods was born in Cyprus‚ California on December 30‚ 1975. Woods won the U.S. Masters at Augusta in 1997 with a record score at the age of 21. He was the youngest man and first African American to earn the title. In 2009‚ Woods took a hiatus from golf‚ returning in 2010‚ but as his personal life took a turn for the worse‚ the golfer was not at the top of his game. Contents Quotes "The greatest thing about tomorrow is‚ I will be better than I am today...There
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Hazrat Khaki says (in Qasida Lamia in praise of Baba Hardey Reshi) 01) He was reciting Awrad-i-Fathia every morning for years together and this fact was a proof of his true belief. 02) He was offering group prayers all the five times for years together. He did not leave this Sunnah without a necessity. 03) Day and night he would offer ‘nafal’ prayers and would pray to God with humility. 04) He would remember God in all the manners‚ but it was his usual practice to control his breath in this process
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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was born to a middle-class family in Ausburg‚ Bavaria. After attending the University of Munich‚ he moved to Berlin‚ the center of contemporary German cultural life‚ and found work as assistant dramaturge at the Deustches Theater in 1924. There‚ he achieved his first great success in 1928 with the production of his Threepenny Opera‚ the most famous of his many collaborations with composer Kurt Weill. This modern morality tale on gangsters and capitalists won him massive
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On August second‚ 1859‚ a great man departed from earth. Horace Mann‚ politician‚ teacher‚ unitarist‚ and above all‚ hero‚ died of natural causes at Antioch College. In the 63 years he was alive‚ he made a huge impact on society and changed the world for the better. Mann was born on May fourth‚ 1796‚ in Franklin‚ Massachusetts. His father was a poor farmer and consequently Mann only had six weeks of schooling a year between the time he was 10 years old and 20 years old. At age 23 he graduated from
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Henri Fayol (* 1841 in Konstantinopel- Istanbul; † 1925 in Paris) was a French management theorist whose theories concerning scientific organisation of labour were widely influential in the beginning of 20th century. Often associated with Frederick Winslow Taylor‚ his theories deal with the organisation of production in the context of a competitive enterprise that has to control its production costs. Fayol was the first to identify the four functions of management: planning‚ organizing
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Born in 1977‚ Mohammed Salem was destined for musical greatness. Since his early childhood‚ his love for music and dance was undeniable. At age 12 he made his first appearance as a professional actor in the theatrical production French Blue. He soon followed with more theatrical roles before finally succumbing to the love of songwriting and music. In 2001 Mohammed launched himself into singing and songwriting releasing a religous album entitled The Greatest Gift. The accapella set was an album
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James Brown was born in Barnwell‚ South Carolina‚ as an only child in 1933. His father was a filling station attendant. When James was four‚ his parents separated and he grew up in the brothel of his aunt‚ a poor woman in Augusta‚ Georgia. Brown left school in the seventh grade. He picked cotton‚ was a shoe-shine boy‚ washed cars and dishes and swept out stores. At the age of 16‚ he took part in an armed robbery and was caught breaking into a car. James was sentenced to eight to sixteen years’ hard
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William Shakespeare is known very well across the world. He’s known for the greatest dramatist and he is the world’s famous author and finest poet in English language. With his wonderful talent he has produced thirty-seven plays. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England on April 23 1564. He was the third and eldest child of John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Later on while his father John was mayor of Stratford‚ young William attended an excellent grammar school in his town which had
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