John Cortez Turner 9/25/2012 English 104 Stop Complaining and DO SOMETHING!! You know‚ I sure am glad to live in a world where we’ve got super heroes like Superman‚ Batman and the Flash. Honestly‚ having them around makes life so easy‚ I barely have to do a thing for myself. Someone robbed me? Superman will catch the bad guy and return what was taken. Oil starts leaking into the sea? Not a problem with Aquaman or Aqualad! With these defenders of the depths‚ you can bet your barnacles that
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Cherokee Charmers was not only a drill team‚ it was a family‚ a family of girls working together to boost school spirit and even help others by spreading our positive attitudes. Walking into the first day of school knowing I was a part of this team made me light up like a light bulb. I had auditioned for the Cherokee Charmers over the summer with tons of other girls from my high school wanting the same thing as I did. I had never worked so hard in my life to prove to a table of judges that I
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Introduction "Entrepreneurs are born not made" There are two sides to every debate‚ and the "what makes an entrepreneur" argument has raged for decades with neither side able to conclusively prove their case. There are many who believe that an entrepreneur must possess personality traits such as vision‚ passion and drive that are innate and cannot be taught. Others argue that the skills of evaluating opportunities‚ motivating people and operating a business are easily passed on to eager students
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Give Something Back A couple of my friends have asked why I write so much. I guess they have seen some of my articles and do not understand why I keep writing. I told them I was trying to give something back to the clowning industry. As you might suspect they did not understand and asked what I meant. I feel that we all share a responsibility of giving something back to clowning. If you are like me someone was there when you reached out for help. For me it was a close friend who selected
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13.09.10 Something for Nothing Characterisation: Jake is the main character. He’s a good family man and he takes an interest in his mother and lets her spend time talking to her son. Jake lives a regular life with his wife and his daughter. The mother is an elderly lady. Widowed years ago‚ who maintaines her intellect and brain power by an active social life with friends and by reading‚ especially the new yourk times‚ which is a massive publication 100 of pages long
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“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” This line really struck me when I first read it. At first glance‚ such words quite obviously appear harsh and cold but this aphorism is really just a stone-cold truth‚ one most people are not entirely comfortable with. The majority of said people who might question the ethics of such a statement would most likely be those who are on the receiving end of such a comment or rather the indifference of
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Grandma’s Old Datsun Grandma Beck was a multi-talented‚ independent‚ hard working old lady. Even as an old lady‚ she was very active and passionate about one thing: working. She was by far the strongest person I had ever met. She had to support herself; she lived alone after my grandfather passed away (Which was ironically on my birthday July 15th‚ 1978). She slept with a loaded handgun in her bedside table and a police club shoved into the side of her waterbed. I was lucky to spend nine years
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been considered the greatest tragedy to ever be written. Shakespeare develops the theme of both physical and psychological decay and corruption through the actions‚ dialogues‚ and figurative language of the characters. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” –Marcellus (Act 1‚ Scene 4) The following quote was taken from Act 1‚ Scene 4 and was said by Marcellus. Interestingly‚ it foreshadows one of the main themes in the play Hamlet- That is corruption and decay‚ an
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Prompt: Nick is a typical‚ male chauvinistic jerk in “T.E.O.S.” Ernest Hemingway established a tough guy figure with great male chauvinist in the short story The End of Something using parallels and masculine egoism. Nick as the main character in the story casually broke up with his girlfriend over some seemingly unimportant matters during their fishing trip. Nick’s attitude towards Marjorie’s responses regarding fishing skills showed that he is highly uncomfortable with her
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I don’t need to call it home anymore‚ main reason for that - is that living in this dam place‚ not entertaining at all - most entertainment I felt is when I was vanishing from this doomed place. Isn’t it makes you want to cry? At least for me it something to cry about…But no time to think such pitiful thoughts! I invisible as I was before but I can make the change‚ no this time I will make the change! I need to help other victims of that pure-blood devil‚ the devil with no soul just with lust of
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