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    I believe having passion and appreciation for beauty is not a bad and might be important to living an exciting life. I used to be very passionate about things that happened ordinarily including the display of beauty in everyday life, most of that passion, excitement and exuberance has gone away. I am sure you know this because as the burden of duty takes over, the passion for beauty slowly deteriorates. Exchanging beauty for duty sounds inhumane. But I can assure you it is not as bad it sounds. As

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    institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. In addition to that culture is also the name of these patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population. In our daily life, we have to come across a number of people having quite different ethnic, communal, religious and territorial background as compared to ours. Not only facial appearance and color of their skin but the way they speak our language easily help us to categorize

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    My Life I Hate Reading

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    First things first, I’m not like most kids. In my seventeen years of life, I have never once fallen prey to the typical student mindset of “man, I hate reading.” The story of my life as a reader has nothing to do with learning to appreciate what literature has to offer. It’s a story of me learning how to accept myself, as well as being inspired to better myself, with the help of books. It all started when I was about six years old. Every single night, without fail, one of my parents would read to

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    American Dream Thesis

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    Of course other things were included in this list, and they’re extremely important, but Patricca is making a point to show that the people moving to America are doing it for a better life, not only for them, but also for their children. In other countries, people are required to stay at the same social status with no chances of improving their lives, and their children are usually affected by this. That’s why being successful, and climbing

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    ashamed to accept money they did not learn. I think the typical American Dream is to have a healthy family and be able to have enough money to live comfortably. My American Dream is to make everything fair in this country. If you work all your adult life, you pay taxes on your earning, and then when you retire, you pay taxes on the money you contributed to your retirement account, your investments, and your social security. If I had chosen not to work I could have gotten food stamps, monthly money

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    Objects possess deep significance and value to an abundant amount of individuals. In addition to that, an intangible weight of a personal, yet intricate story. During my time in South Korea, I was gifted a particularly lovely wallet. To others, the function of that wallet is to merely store my Korean currency. In actuality, it furthermore has the ability and imperceptible space to hold recollections of my story, through its being of a tangible memory. The exchange program in South Korea permitted

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    decisions in life that he may regret later in life. Fitzgerald paints a picture of all his wealthy characters and how their wealth came in different lifestyles. For instance, each character came up in a differently and had challenging trails to go through to get to the successful stage in life. Jay Gatsby was known for throwing lavish parties that resulted in him having individuals at his home he had no clue of what that person’s name. Jay’s parties led to him to gaining materialistic things in life also

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    People in Society nowadays spend most of their time using their smartphones to communicate, be entertained, and attain information in their daily life, texting and social media sites have become the means in which people communicate with others. When I was a kid I used a 3DS to be entertained, by these days entertainment comes by using a phone, personal device, or a console which can easily be transported. Information is spread within seconds by using social media. As you can see, society has become

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    our principles acts as a compass in our noisy world, helping us align our actions with our beliefs” (Cummings, 2013). This is a great description of a credo. Our values and credo are not just words, they become actions when we really believe in them. Life can become distracting or ‘noisy’ and always having your values in the back of you mindful keep you on the right path. I

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    fully in awe every week I spend there. Time after time, the bike trails, the opportunity to indulge in some of my favorite hobbies, and the simple family-oriented way of life bring me so much happiness. Cuddebackville is my personal Walden. As my personal Walden, Cuddebackville brings me away from the chaos of everyday life and into complete relaxation, which I love. With no cars zooming down the street, no mobs of noisy people in school hallways, no modern technology, no busy schedules and

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