In Roosevelt's speech before the Hamilton Club of Chicago, he stated, "A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual (Theodore Roosevelt, "The Strenuous Life").... In the Victorian Era, life simply wasn't exciting for Americans. ... Roosevelt was trying to help Americans to understand that there was more to life than Victorian thinking and that taking advantage of the simple pleasures in life shouldn't be looked down upon. ....

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As a child moving to America , and being around completely different peers I living two lives, and it felt impossible to enjoy both. ... Many immigrants, including myself at one point, agree completely with Mari in not wanting to leave their entire life behind, while others agree with Bharti and moving on and creating a new more meaningful life. ... After living in America for 9 years, I also feel like I have "married this country" and though India will always be a big part of my life, I have chosen to live in America. ... Living in a primarily Indian society, most of whom were recen...

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What is the fate of stockholders in the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Corporation? ... Martha Stewart, a one-time broker with the New York Stock Exchange, built an empire with her ability to transform a simple home into a showcase for entertaining and an elegant way of life. ... The Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Corporation continues to grow into a multi faceted corporation that publishes magazines and books such as Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, cooking, home entertainment and crafts. It expands it television exposure with featured segments for CBS and an hour long Mar...

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The more we produce, the wealthier the nation is; ensuring a rise in the standard of living. ... This assumes that their income remains the same, making the material standard of living increase. ... In short, productivity shares a positive relationship with quality of life, and those factors that reinforce high productivity, will guarantee a good life standard, at least in the material aspect. ... Innovation helps overcome this obstacle of specialization, and quickly raises the life enjoyment. ... As a result, material standard of living is likely to increase in the future. ...

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Cost of Living Our nation is considered the richest on earth, yet many Americans are living below poverty level. ... Six years later the minimum wage is at the same rate, despite of the fact that current cost of living has greatly risen. ... Earning a higher wage will reduce the struggle of living satisfactorily that many face from day to day after working forty to sixty hours a week. Aside from providing better quality of life, raising the minimum wage could also have an impact on other issues that our nation is facing, such as child abuse, drug abuse, high crime rates and mental il...

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There are some ways of living that do not require understanding of some aspects of life. We are connected with certain relations among us, that we don't try to understand but still manage to communicate and spend our life with them. ... Simplicity of inner soul is not the same as the simplicity of our outside life in terms of our character and personality. ... However, living close to or within the natural environment can put positive impact on our inner self. ... Some times this seems to be very difficult, because we engage our self very busy in unproductive things, and don't even h...

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Many things in life happen for a reason, many to which don't seem clear at certain time Recently I experienced a severe down point in my life, three things I noticed and learned from it were: the fact that sometimes even the most worst can happen and the best can form based from it, most people don't even appreciate the life that they have and are living, and thirdly, you never realise what you have until your in risk of loosing it/them or you have lost it/them. ... Secondly, most everyday people walk on by living their lives not knowing just how good their lives are. ... Not kn...

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Life of Illusion In society today, individuals view the appearance or possessions of a person as reality when in truth they are living a life full of illusions. ... Madame Lionel is a pretty, proud young woman who feels that the attributes of a gracious life should be hers. ... Individuals who appear on television shows can generally be viewed as a real, but is really the illusion of an ideal life. ... In general, the truth of ones" life can be deceiving to others. ... Such as, Matilda who appears to continue living in a world of illusions because she comes to know the life of poverty. ...

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Wolff uses his imagination as a way of escaping the various hardships he faces while living with a single mother, specifically during his time in Salt Lake City. ... Wolff over exaggerates to his uncle in Paris about his living conditions, which shows his audience his desire for emotional stability. ... Wolff recollects these moments as a way to create an emotional connection with his audience who may be facing hardships with their family life, through this connection Wolff aims to inspire them into not giving up but to keep persevering for a better life. ... Although Wolff lived an unstable ...

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Christopher Chyba says that there are two worlds that are showing signs of planetary evolution, which mean possible life signs. ... If there really is as much a possibility as Mars that there was or is life on this world then we need to find a way to get sound results. Even though human beings may not be able to live on Europa and it will take a long time to get a spacecraft to land there, the fact that we have the possibility of finding another living being is just as important, and we should devote just as much attention as we are on Mars. We have been able to cut down the possibilities o...

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Is the answer euthanasia, or do you let her live out the rest of her short life in pain and misery? ... An individual has liberty, which includes the right of owning his life. He is the possessor of his life. ... The final element worthy of discussion in legalizing euthanasia is an individual's frustration in living, in his opinion, a valueless life after becoming critically ill. ... In addition to that, some people believe that their "quality of life- is so low that they would rather die. ...

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Life in Inner Cities is widely known as particularly difficult. There is not very much that can improve the situation of those living there. Poverty, unemployment, broken families, teenage pregnancies, racial tension, gangs, overcrowded schools, and frustrated teachers are real barriers to progres...

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"Home Life" is a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was an American social activist, abolitionist and leading figure of the early women's right movement. ... John Stuart Mills, a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant disagrees with Stanton's speech and says "No no the generality of the male sex cannot yet tolerate the idea of living with an equal at the fireside; and here is the secret of the opposition to women's equality in the state and the church-men are not ready to recognize it in the home.... I disagree with his thinking becaus...

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She's especially well known for her string of powerful autobiographies depicting the rich yet tumultuous journey of her life. ... Unable to deal with the pain and emotions of these traumatizing experiences, Maya Angelou spent the next five years completely silent, speaking to no one and living with the belief that "my voice killed him; I killed that man, because I told his name. ...

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Since the seventies scientists are able to improve and extend life by genetic manipulation. ... In contrast of the believe of scientist some Christians say that life is something untouchable. They say God is the creator of all living organism and that we ought not to play for God by genetically manipulate these living organism. ... They say that this technology can lead to fewer diseases which eventually bring a better and longer life of all living organism. ... On the other hand many Christians believe that life is in God's hand and whether scientists want to improve and extend living o...

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Thinkers Emerson and Thoreau were two critical thinkers who valued nature as a big part of their life. In their works, they have shared their experience from their life in society. ... Thoreau argues that living in solitude gives you more freedom instead of living under rights of unjust laws. ... Can you appreciate a solitary life if you had a good experience in society? Solitude moment are required in life. ...

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This position guarantees all the members of society their right to life by ensuring their basic needs are met. ... Since people have the right to life, and society is able to help them, then its members should be entitled to its resources unconditionally. Each year the cost of living and housing subsidies increase significantly. ... As costs continue to rise, more people struggle to maintain a comfortable standard of living, or even any degree of living. ... It is morally, and constitutionally, right for society to supply its surplus of resources to assist people and fulfill everyone's c...

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Marji, whose values are based on justice and fairness, is presented with the moral dilemma of living with a maid from a lower social class in her progressive household. ... " Marji later states that she feels ashamed because the social class system present in the public world is also part of her private family life. ...

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Marji, whose values are based on justice and fairness, is presented with the moral dilemma of living with a maid from a lower social class in her progressive household. ... " Marji later states that she feels ashamed because the social class system present in the public world is also part of her private family life. ...

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Elisha Dov Hack's essay, "College Life versus My Moral Code," speaks on the issue of Yale University's so called "loose" moral practices and the mandatory rule that students must live on campus (freshman and sophomore year). ... Throughout "College Life versus My Moral Code," Hack cites examples of the Yale's tolerance towards sexual individualism. ... " This quotes points to author's fear about living without guidelines. ... " Based on the information given, the author's issue on living on campus derived from the familial values that have established her pri...

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The total amount of solar energy fixed on the earth sets one limit on the total amount of life; the patterns of flow of this energy through the earth's ecosystems set addifional limits on the kinds of life on the earth. ... The actual amount of solar energy diverted into living systems is small in relation to the earth's total energy budget. ... The time scale for most of changes and evolutions of developments, particulary in the later stages when many of the species have larger bodies and long life cycles, is very long. Green plants are the "primary producers" of the biosphere, c...

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Just as each individual musician must take responsibility not only for perfecting his part, but also for how he relates it to his fellow musicians, we as individuals must take responsibility for living our own lives responsibly and translating the benefits of living this way into how we relate to those around us. ... The amount of self-discipline shown in the musician's practice and the individual's life, directly translates to the quality of the music and the quality of his life. ... Understanding, learning from, and living with those around us can teach us to relate to one anoth...

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Have you ever wanted a life-defining leadership experience? ... When you volunteer for the Corps all travel expenses are paid. with a living allowance to cover the cost of living and your housing expenses. ... Williams enjoyed volunteering in the Dominican Republic because this opportunity changed her life. ... However, I believe that the benefits outweigh the risks of holding out on your life. ... This, combined
with the experience of living, learning, and working with a community overseas for 27 months, augments any career path. ...

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Although life in 1850 was very different than life in 1950, many of the events that occurred in or after 1850 helped spark the events that occurred in 1950. Life in 1850 was filled with revolutions, advancements in medicine, technology, economic growth and imperialism. ... Life in 1950 was similar to life in 1850 up until the first and second World Wars. ... A 20 year old living in Europe in 1850 would have gone through a century of new and amazing breakthroughs and advancements. Their life would be constantly changing, with the popular concept of Mass Society evolving. ...

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The philosophers Socrates and Epicurus both taught their students ideas and concepts which encouraged students to have different views on the nature of deity, simple living, and not fearing death. ... Epicurus believed that the soul was not immortal; he taught that the most important goal in life was to achieve happiness during your physical life. ... Since the soul dies with are bodies we have not to worry about living eternal, so the present should be concerned with pursuing the pleasant life, which includes "elimination of those false ideas about the gods and death which are the chief sour...

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