If a friend died tomorrow one's entire network of friends and family would surely grieve for that person. ... How can the value of one's life be bought? ... After these "fair" subtractions, they now have the total the person will receive from the government's fund. ... A person's life is in that person's hands and no one else's. ... No one will put a "dollar" value on this person they have never met before. ...

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Should people put the value of life into monetary value or should life be kept solely as an emotional quantity? ... They believed a person's monetary worth on Earth was over, and they should take all of that earthly worth with them to the afterlife. ... But unlike a diamond, life has no set monetary value. ... To figure out how much money a person will receive from this fund is determined by a multi-step process. ... Should life be put into monetary values? ...

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He makes himself seem like a person who is holding on to the saddest of times and has gone through many obstacles when things didn't start looking good. ... In her report, What is a Life Worth? ... Courts always grant money on the basis of a person's earning power in life. Life is way to precious to be handled with money. You can't put value on life. ...

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Christ is the only person that came to this world and did not commit a sin. ... God is the person that I hope to be more like, but until the next life I cannot accomplish that completely. ... Next, my father, another person that I admire a lot. ... One person that has really touched my life is a little more unusual than my parents as a person I admire. ... With exceptions that is basically his life. ...

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My mother's sister and my aunt is the person who I admire the most. Her life can be a good example of a person who has suffered a lot, but never asked for help as asking for help was symbol of weakness for her. ... My uncle was a hardworking person and he also respects her a lot. ... My aunt is a person who taught me how to live life in without feeling helpless and with pride. ... I've learned if we pray for someone else than us God listens to us and give it to the person earlier. ...

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Every person decides on a way to live their life. ... In the House of Life, Dante Gabriel Rossetti shows three choices on how to live this mortal life on earth. ... It talks of a person who hides his doubts of self purity and wears a guise of certainty. ... The third way of life is in my opinion the best. ... Rather that being careless and drinking away your troubles, or fearing death while acting naive, you should strive to be a better person and pursue truth....

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They would not want to hurt their squad's morale or leave a person who acts as a brother or a father behind to suffer alone. ... The thoughts on how life was fill their heads. ... Would life outside the camp be any better than inside? ... Life in the camp is hard but there is motivation to live. ... While in a gulag a person would have many mental struggles to overcome. ...

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As Milkman grows, he becomes a self-centered person, caring only for himself and what will help him. ... Life is life. ... That person will always be with him, in his conscience, in his mind. ... Only then can the person return to the skies to fly, to carry on with his life. ... Milkman realizes at this point that that is what 'flying' means, to be completely alive, to live life as Pilate had: to the fullest, without 'jewelry', 'vanity', holding a person down. ...

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A philosophy of life usually discusses the and why of life. What is life, what are the elements of life? ... These are essential questions urging essential answers that determine a person's success and happiness in life. ... If the person has a good character than he can succeed in life and attain happiness as well, but if the person doesn't have a good character or is lacking in morals then yes he can achieve material success but he will not be truly happy nor will he have peace within his mind or heart. ... Life should be lived to the fullest but an individual should realize the co...

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Many people seem to think city life is too fast paced or too fake for them to enjoy a city life. ... Finally, the people in a city can kind of be rude at times, but a person can expect to experience a rude person just about anywhere they live. ... Most people in the city will bend over backwards to help a person in need. For instance, if a city person sees a person in need he will do everything in his power to help that person figure out his problems. ... Because, city life has many things too offer from entertainment, convenience, and the people that life here. ...

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This would allow him to be a good person who could give back to society. Platonic philosophy also stresses how a person should live their lives. Plato believed a person should live their life for the polis. ... The devotion to the polis is part of the basis of Plato's belief that everyone is made to specialize in something that they are best suited to do, and that is what the person would do in life. In the Liberal Learning Statement it states that, " a liberal education is one that will prepare a person for a creative, well-rounded, responsible life." ...

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I was evoked into deep thought by Thoreau's philosophy on individulism and simplicity of life. Living in a sea of manufactured objects, our life has become more and more complex and polluted. ... The cycle of season is thus a cycle of life and spiritual regeneration. ... And we can also observe that Thoreau is no totally solitary person in terms of his intimacy with the living animals. ... In Thoreau's opinion, mental slumber makes a person lazy and prevents his speed of self-improvement. ...

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(Wild 117) As shown by Wild, the purpose of life is always one with the person who holds the opportunity. The life one chooses to pursue is unique to each and every person. ... Whatever represents value in a person's life should be reached for, and never kept out of mind until attained. A person's value comes from his culture, background, and personal experiences. ... But not all plans are the same - they are unique to each and every person who takes the philosophy to heart, and lives his life to pursue satisfaction. ...

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Sufferings, injustice, love, hatred, struggle and so many other things that are directly or indirectly related to humans only become meaningful when human beings are alive and what a person does he suffers the consequences all his life not in death. ... Life is not same for every person. At this very moment an adult person may be pulling a cart, or pulling a rickshaw to support himself and his family. ... There is so much difference between the lives of these two persons but still they live. ... Most surprisingly it might be, that the poor person may find happiness in that life but the rich ...

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It's very hard for me to answer that right now in my point of life. ... You grow up learning new things everyday that affect you as a person. ... It's not good enough, I want to have more reasons on why I"m here as a person. ... Maybe I"m seeking an answer on who I really am as a person to myself as well as others. ... Another goal in my life is to start my own graphic designing firm. ...

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Batter my heart, three personed God, for You As yet but knock, breathe, shine and seek to mend. ... The first line of "Batter my Heart, three- personed God, for You" begins with "batter my heart, three-personed God, for You as yet but knock, breathe, shine and seek to mend.... The three-personed God refers to the trinity, which are God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. ... This implies that the speaker wants to recognize God's power, but he worries that the only way God will get through to him is by doing something violent and completely overthrowing his life. ... A viceroy is ...

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Approximately six billion people inhabit the earth, and with each person come a new philosophy on the meaning of life. ... One such take on the meaning of life is that life itself is completely hopeless. ... Thomas Hardy's take on life can be clearly seen. ... Throughout the poem the dog has a conversation with the person in the grave. ... Hardy believes life is pointless because no one will remember you anyway. ...

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Hopes And Dreams: Overcoming Adversity After watching the movie "Suggestions On How To Live A Happy And Rewarding Personal and Professional Life" two quotes stuck out in which I thought were basic necessities and a fundamental component in establishing a successful life. ... Hope is one of the most important things a person can have, it is shared amongst the rich and the poor, the majority and the minorities and no one has the right to deprive some one of a dream. ... If a person thinks he or she can achieve great things, then their peers should support them in pursuing that dream, not shun...

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Nevertheless the analogy from nature is not relevant to human life. ... As a student, I have faced many hurdles in life both at school and at home. ... They, too, undoubtedly have tasted the bitterness of life but have succeeded in surmounting it. ... In other words living life monotonously. ... Taking her as an example, such a person never accepts challenges. ...

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Fate and its predisposition on life Many people have different opinions over the truth regarding fate. ... Though I believe in free will, I do not believe that Oedipus could have changed the events of his life. ... Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines fate as, "a power of thought to control all events and impossible to resist a persons destiny." This definition would imply that fate has an overwhelming power of the mind and that a person has no ability to control it. ... In my everyday life, I am confronted with many obstacles, but ultimately I end up overcoming these obstacles and d...

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According to www.merriam-webster.com the definition of philosophy of life is "an overall vision of or attitude toward life and the purpose of life." ... I also value someone being honest to me, a friend who will be my friend during a disagreement, and a person who won't push me me down in order to make myself feel bad. Also while seeking for a friendship I look for someone who will value me as a person not for what they can get from me or what I could get from them. ... I also believe that humor is one of my life values because I am a very humorous person. ... This is my philosophy of li...

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The quality of life...let's see. I think that at my age it is quite hard to state with definite certanity whether or not I think the quality of my life is good; I don't have many life experiences that I could weigh that question upon. ... The events of life temselves are neutral. ... No person, place or thing, no situation or event, can control us or create negativity within us. ... I know that all of these things will help me stay focused throughout my life. ...

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He is not sure which is better, death or life. ... Such as when a person dies he does not return to life again. There are very, very few people who, in life today, actually do die for a few minutes or seconds but returns to life. ... By taking chances is to make your life better or to do things you want in life. ... But that person does not take it because their conscience is telling them, they will not succeed. ...

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The Path's of Life to Choose from While growing up I never thought that I would have to make a decision as to the path I would travel down in life. ... Being that so many decisions that a person makes is subconscious, I didn't see know why I making these choices. ... When I found out about this I thought that my life was over. ... I sit with them on the phone for hours and meet with them in person to let them know what can be done to save their children. ... When I go to sleep at night, I know I made a difference in one person's life. ...

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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and dedicate yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. " As a student at Trevor Browne high school, I myself have learned a lot about myself, and the type of person I may end up being in the future. ... Now, meeting the people that I have met so far is slowly changing my life. ... I was great in athletics but once it came to academics, I was more of an outgoing person rather than a committed person. ... In my life I wouldn't say I have a maj...

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