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    me it is. Happiness is very different for everyone. My idea of happiness can potentially devastate to someone else’s life. Why It’s So Hard To Be Happy‚ by Michael Wiederman tried to explain the reasons why such a simple feeling of happiness is so difficult to attain. Are we just never satisfied? According to Wiederman we are creatures of habit and adaptation. We adapt to the good as well as the bad. We seek happiness in objects and goals but don’t look for it in front of us. Happiness is always

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    United States to find the American Dream. They move to find liberty‚ rights‚ opportunity‚ equality. They often look for a life here‚ because their life in their country was not going well for them. Some often move so their children can grow up and obtain a good education and career. For example‚ Adam states‚ “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement” (Adams). This quote shows that people

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    Computers and the Pursuit of Happiness by David Galenter In this text about computer‚ David Galenter tries to answer very widely asked questions about the computers. The question he like to answer are: 1. Are we in an IT age? 2. Has the old age ended? 3. Have computers been good or bad for the mankind? 4. What will happen in the future on computers? In the text he denies the widespread concept that we are in an IT age. In the past‚ coal steel and concrete mattered and now information counts

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    ARISTOTLE ’S EUDAIMONIA Eudaimonia stands for happiness in Greek. Aristotle argues that the highest good for human beings is happiness. He insists that every action performed by humans is to pursue happiness. Aristotle also argues that human action is always aimed at some end or good. This "good" may not be viewed as a good action or any good by others‚ but for the doer of the action ("good")‚ the activity will be perceived as good and that it will bring a favorable outcome. Aristotle also said

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    September‚ 2013 Living the American Dream The American Dream is a popular thought that means different things to different people. Some people believe the American Dream is the best life that you could picture for yourself that is achieved through hard work and patience. From becoming Billionaires‚ to owning a home and having a family to take care of‚ everyone’s American Dream is different in some way. Immigrants from all around the world venture to America because of this “Dream” that promises better

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    the world‚ you experience numerous challenges which are essential in order to mature both physically and mentally. By maturing‚ it could mean that there will be limits and extends of an Individual freedom. This is explored in both the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell and "Pursuit Of Happiness" by Gabriele Muccino. In the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell‚ Frank is an alcoholic academic educator who has taken on the tutorship to pay for his drinks‚ and Rita‚ who is dissatisfied with

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    does an excellent job of explaining why the colonies are doing the things they are doing‚ and is very clear in stating what he and his associates think are the “unalienable rights” of the American people. Among these are “Life‚ Liberty‚ and the pursuit of Happiness.” Probably one of the most famous lines in American history‚ I have chosen to focus on this phrase and what those three things might have meant to Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers as they prepared this document‚ as well as

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    Describe the Role of Situational and Dispositional Factors in Explaining Behavior Sophie Landesmann The roles of situational and dispositional factors both play an important role in behavior. A significant term that one has to take in account is attribution‚ which is how people interpret and explain casual relationships in the social world. Humans have the need to know why things actually happen. Situational factors have something to do with external factors. When

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    on making it complicated” (“Confucius Quotes”). In life‚ obtaining happiness is one of the most uncomplicated achievements. Today’s fast-paced world coerces individuals to concentrate on the future‚ making it challenging to discover true happiness. Despite these complications‚ society continues to promote the concept of chasing happiness without regarding its detrimental effects on an evolved civilization. The pursuit of happiness inhibits the formation and perpetuation of an advanced society due

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    freedom. American founding fathers believed that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It’s to secure these rights — governments are instituted among Men‚ deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

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