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    Great achievement is always correlated with fame and riches, but is that all? What about happiness, knowledge, and family? In the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, the most successful characters are Siddhartha and Vasudeva. Based on their pursuit of knowledge, evaluating themselves and their psychological happiness, they have both become the characters that have lead a successful life. Leading a successful life is no easy task, they are faced with many obstacles. Initially, Siddhartha would've been

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    Over the course of the last 68 years, the sport of stock car racing has seen many legends. In the past two decades, Jeff Gordon has been the man that filled that legend position. Born in 1971 in Vallejo, California, Jeff was raised in Pittsboro, Indiana where he raced midget cars, as well as go karts and sprint cars. Jeff was extremely successful in doing this, becoming the youngest driver ever to earn a USAC license. In October of 1990, Jeff made his stock car debut in the Busch Grand National series

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    A high stone ceiling etched with fine silver filagree arched above the cavernous throne room. Below this, dark marble floors were polished until their inky surfaces shone like glass. The walls were intersected by evenly spaced archways leading to doorways which, in turn, led to various other parts of the castle. A carpet of bloodred velvet stretched the length of the hall, leading from the massive, ebony doors at one end to the high backed throne at the other end. The person sitting in this throne

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    Lord Unicorn could finally admit that his current job as ruler of Maptopia was hard work. A little background info might clear up the fact that Maptopia is the name of the Universe that the story you are most likely about to read is set in. This world contains 5 separate domains, the Sandy, City, Icy, Wooded and Lake realms. Our Lord Unicorn here currently rules over each realm from his Castle on the far South of Maptopia, and he has done so for almost a year, quite diligently too. As of late, the

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    Charlie Elphicke was born on March 14, 1971 in Huntingdon, England. Charlie is currently married to his wife Natalie Ross, and they have a total of two children. Before getting into politics and getting elected into Parliament, Charlie graduated from the University of Nottingham. Charlie was a partner for the law firm Hunton & Williams, and also was working in the pharmaceutical research business before he pursued politics. Charlie began his career in politics in 1994, when he was elected to the

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    After many long hours of planning, researching, contemplating, and pleading, I had finally talked my dad into helping me buy a new car. However, it was not just any car. My dad had found me a zippy, shimmering gold color, 2006 convertible Volvo. It was beautiful! The tan leather was in pristine condition. The exterior had no scratches, dents, or marks of any kind. The gold color glistened in the sunlight as if each speck of glitter was a flame. The cream colored carpet was spotless. The speedometer

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    Creon stood alone in his bad decision making, George W Bush took the UK, Australia and Poland along with him. This desire to show power was never more obvious than when, in January 2003 a meeting took place at the White House at which George W Bush and Tony Blair allegedly discussed how they could look for alternative ways to provoke a war after full disclosure about any weapons Iraq held was not forthcoming. The other similarity between these two characters is the need to go ‘one up’ on their predecessor

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    Fences first premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985 and in 1987 won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. The first Broadway production stared James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance, Mary Alice, Frankie Faison, and Ray Arahna; it was directed by Lloyd Richards at the 46th Street Theatre and ran from May 1987 till June 1988. The original Broadway run won Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Performance of a Lead Actor in a Play (Jones), Best Performance by a Featured Actress

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    New Labour was not a distinctive political phenomenon. New Labour was the re-organization of a party in order to win elections. The Labour Party had many identity issues and had lost four elections before the re-branding. It will be shown that New Labour was only a rebranding in order to address these issues. The major issues that led to Labour needing the rebranding are the identity crisis and actions taken against the working class. Throughout the span of the Labour party in the 1900’s a dual identity

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    "Disoriented", the one word Rick Grimes uses to describe the moments he has been through before reuniting with his family. In a world driven into a apocalypse, filled with the undead and anarchy, everyone's will and faith are tested. One will either be changed for worst or for the better. This essay will analyze the actions of Rick Grimes, present my ideas if I were in Ricks position, and to answer for the actions of one more character. Both Rick Grimes and his actions are moral and unselfish. Rather

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