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    There are many famous people who achieved greatness because they pursue their passion and never gave up. People such as Walt Disney, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and J.K Rowling went through paths full of adversity just to fulfill their passions. Let’s use Marie Curie as an example for instance, she was denied admission into a university in her country just for being a woman, but she didn’t stop trying. She went to France, got into a prestigious

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    Christopher Columbus or Marie Curie? Christopher But the similarities and differences shown below show what Columbus is one of the people that discovered the country that we live in today.Marie Curie was the person that invented the glow sticks that we play with.By discovering uranium it is that glowing liqued found in glow stickes. It also can cure cancer it´s used on clock and watch dials so they can be seen during the night. What is the same about Christopher Columbus and Marie Curie? Well they both

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    To begin, it is much easier to list the benefits of technology. Some of these benefits are easy to point out and seem relatively obvious; cars, planes, cell phones, and a multitude of other electronic devices that serve us in our day to day lives. But technology is not simply the material products that we use. Technology helps us in the background of our lives by simplifying means of production, providing us with things oft taken for granted. Consider our chairs, our buildings, our streets, our clothes

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    Let's clarify some things first. Take Thomas Edison and Marie Curie for instance. Edison stayed at school for only three months when he was young. Because he always asked strange questions that his teachers thought he was a fool. So they sent him away from school. Little poor Tom had to teach himself to learn. But he made more than 2,000 inventions years later. Marie Curie went to Paris to study when she was young. She got first degree in Physics after

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    created his periodic table of elements in 1869, scientists have worked to identify the materials that make up the world around us. While many discoveries were made through fairly benign methods, there have been some horrifying deaths along the way. Marie and Pierre Curie’s work with radioactive material killed the married couple. In fact, their notebooks are still so highly contaminated that researchers have chosen to lock them away. There has always been a bit of excitement when a “new” element is

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    Outline Thesis statement: Women should work outside the home. I. Women are as capable as men. A. Counterargument: Women are inferior and men are superior. B. Refutation: Women and men are equal; women are as intelligent and as capable as men. II. Balance in needed in the workplace. A. Counterargument: Women are not suitable for workplace since their role is to be a mother. B. Women and men working together will create versatile environment that will complement each other. III. Sexism is not acceptable

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    to talk about two. Christopher Columbus and Marie Curie are too brave and fierce people who followed their dream no matter what. Even though they have their differences they have a lot in common.Both people lived in extreme living quarters and suffered from horrible diseases. These are amazing people who have definitely made their mark on history and our world even to this day. There are many differences between Christopher Columbus and Marie Curie. There are a few that I am going to share

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    lives there as a maintenance man without knowing that he will be a future meal. In the building, he meets many types of people and also falls in love with Marie-Laure, who is a daughter of the butcher. They try to survive against the tenants, and, in the end, the butcher dies and the building’s dictatorial structure is destroyed. Pinon and Marie survive and start to happily live in the building. In general, the movie demonstrates many interesting images, such as the scenes with yellow lighting or

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    Werner and Marie-Laure had a interesting relationship because although, they had not known each other for very long. I feel as though Werner had felt something with Marie that he has never felt before. I think that Werner has always felt out of place, but for a moment he feels at peace. On page 470, he thinks, “I only want to sit here with her for a thousand hours.”This quote also goes along with the fact that Werner always seemed to want to get out of situations or leave situations and I think that

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