In my nineteen years of life, I have had a lot of people influence me, but the three who stand out are my mom, my high school coach and my grandmother. ... In a way, he was like a dad to me, since my real father had been in prison all my life. ... When I was little she use to read me bible verse helping me become closer to god and becoming a better person. ... I'm so thankful for my mom, grandmother and Trey because without them I wouldn't be the person I am today. Every night I thank god for blessing me with such good people in my life....

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She decided to take over her sister's life and solve the mystery herself. Everybody thinks she's Iz and doesn't suspect a thing except for one person. ... Liz tries to fool everyone into believing that she's Elizabeth so she can understand her life and maybe who would hate her. ...

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It was at that time when my dad taught me my first life lesson. ... A near death experience of a loved one certainly has a way to immediately appreciate that person and life. ... My dad was the type of person you could always count on to be there is there was a need. His unselfish ways left such an imprint in my life. ... We had long talks and I got to know all about his life. ...

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There are a multitude of influential males within my life that I greatly appreciate and look up to. ... The greatest influence toward my life and goals would be my father. ... He has always been the most intellectual person I know. ... He has accomplished so many things in his life. ... I've become a better person, a better man, successful through his examples and I'm thankful. ...

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My New Life Life for me was very hard when my habitat changed. ... After living with my mother my whole life, I moved in with my father when I was 13. ... This made it hard on my life since I knew I could no longer go to my mom when I needed her. Now I had a new person that was pretty much a stranger that I had to go to. ... It is just sometimes I just want to break out of this hell that is my life. ...

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She was a person who made every child feel loved and successful in some way. ... My grandmother was a cruel and strict person and her presence inspired terror in us. ... We lived a life like normal teenagers do. ... These feelings were taking over and I thought I would never be a happy person. ... She was a model to follow and I am thankful to have her in my life. ...

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It's widely understood that every person needs personal, quiet time. ... I would have the opportunity to process conversations I'd had with my husband or son and fully understand where the other person was coming from, instead of treating them like they are simply a check mark on my to-do list. ... I would much rather look back on my life and remember those seemingly little moments that ended up being big moments instead of how clean I kept my kitchen floor. ...

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My mother's death has changed my life. It has made me a better person. ... I have learned from her the most important lesson of my life: the importance of leading a meaningful life as a good human being....

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My mom raised my brother and me, while he had an easy life with his new family. ... To me, my mom was not just my mom, but she was also my father figure in my life. ... I am living my life for me and not for him. ... It's honestly really sad how someone who had part in giving me life is no longer part of it. ... I am very proud of the kind of person I have become. ...

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In the novel "Secret Life of Bees" a teenage girl named Lily goes through that. ... There are many themes in the novel "Secret Life of Bees" like Female Power/Black Mary, Mothers and many others. ... She tells August that she's a worthless and unlovable person. ...

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In the essay "Bonehead" by Larry Terherst, the author illustrates that people should not judge others by their outer appearance because one never knows what that person carries inside. ... Bonehead revealed that Terherst was the first person who ever told him that he did something right. ... I feel that praising a person for all good things he or she does can make a difference in that person's future. ... He also has not had a father to influence his life. Our grandmother has raised him for the majority of his life. ...

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This memoir demonstrates how religion, family, society, and culture help shape a person. ... Another factor that helped shape Frank McCourt as a person were the people around him. ... Frank realizes that he does not want to grow up life his father and tries very hard throughout life not being like his drunken dad. ... Society and culture also helped shaped Frank McCourt as a person. ... As you can see religion, family, society, and culture helped shape Frank McCourt as a person. ...

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My mother is the most important person in my life. ... My mother is not my whole life, but she is a really big part of it. My whole world does not only revolve around her, but she is the most influential person who inspires me. ... She has taught me all I need to know to live life as a sixteen-year old teenage girl. ... Whether my choice would be right or wrong, she tells me that it would help me become stronger and better as a daughter and most especially as a person. ...

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I have let her down plenty of times in the earlier years of my life. ... I learned and grew tremendously as a person in her endless love for everything and everyone. I was molded into the person I am today because of the overwhelming, positive influence my mom has had on my life. She is a hardworking woman who will do anything for us; thus, that is one of the reasons why she is the most influential person in my life. She has enriched my life and I have truly learned to value it by watching her. ...

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It is a characteristic that can be remembered for a life time, and shown in multiple ways, whether it is spontaneous kindness, planned kindness or fake-it-till-you-make-it-kindness. ... For instance, a person might offer a neighbor a helping hand or a lady with the groceries. A person might be walking down the street and see someone and smile and ask them how their day went. ... Planned kindness can be very effective and shows a person's effort and kind heart. ... Kindness is a quality of which a person can never have too much of. ...

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Angela's Ashes is a brilliantly displayed example of how: a situation that one individual person is born into can have a great impact on the way that person continues their life. ... Frankie alters his own future life so that he will not inflict as much pain on his own offspring as he was victim to. ... People that he cared about, that all borrowed money to help support him, in effort to make him a better person. ... This film is based on Frank McCourt's true-life troubles and triumphs, wins and looses. ... Frankie decides to work very hard at making his life better than that of ...

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This also might help solve a serious medical problem in the life of the child. ... People want to know their past because it describes what experiences the person has gone through and also has molded that person into who they are today. ... When people heal, they can move on to bigger obstacles and challenges in life. ... Recovery is a huge, vital part in life. ... This is very important because one person can take up their whole life wanting to recover or forgive but never had the chance. ...

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When connecting discipline with my own life, I think back to my childhood. This is normally one's first memory of discipline and its life lessons learned from it. ... As a child you are given all that you need, you are taught right from wrong and it's up to you to grow into the person you hope to be. As an adult this is where you make the decisions and choices which shape you into that person. ... Then as a parent at the later part of your life you learn to use the discipline taught through life in order to then better your children and even yourself as a mother and wife. ...

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The suffering made me an emotionless type of person. ... Overall, I grew to become a strong person. ... We wouldn't be that picture perfect family that every person dreams of. ... He's the reason to this divorce; it was all in his plan for my life. ... What was done, was done, the only thing left to do was go on with life. ...

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A hero is a person noted for special achievement in a field, courageous, helpful, rescues or saves a person. ... Despite all of the events that happen in his childhood and life, he turned out to be a humble, kind and gentle person. Karl will now begin his new life in the world. ... Doyle Hargrave is a disrespectable person, who lacks the ability to be a father figure to Frank. ...

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In Death of a Salesman, Biff is a young, pessimist and a lazy person. ... These words show how Biff is hopeless about his life. ... In conclusion, both stories have a young person although their ages are different. Emily and Biff do not have big expectations from life. Emily believes that the atomic bomb will end their life and Biff believes that he will not be successful in life. ...

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He had a general zest for life that withered away as the poem continued. ... However, he can not recall the life he is currently living. ... He is sad because he remembers this part of himself but he can never be the person he was again. ... Alzheimer's disease takes away the memories and the faculties of a person and regresses them back to the point that they are like a child again. ... He had very few memories of his current life, but could remember his youth. ...

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Whether that person is a parent, sibling, or a friend, despite how strong and independent of a persona some let off we all need that one person to act as a parental figure in our life. ... Joe used his life's savings to pay off all of Pip's debt. ... Unfortunately not everybody is so fortunate to have that perfect mother and father in their life. ... All we really need is that one person on whom we can rely, and know they will be there no matter what. We need someone we can look up to during this journey of life that we have gone through as we get older. ...

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When I entered high school I somehow lost my interest I stopped believing in myself and started to cut school, when a person starts to mess up in school it is very hard to get back into it. ... That's when Monroe College comes in my plans, Monroe could help me grow into the person I want to be. In my knowledge a college experience is a very important part of your life because that's when you decide what you want to do, that's when you decide if you want to go to school or not. ... I am ready to take this step in life and I hope Monroe is willing to give me a hand so, I could pro...

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But I humbly admit, I never had the courage to be a person who could dedicate myself to peace only. ... Realizing that to love a person is to be complete. ... I eventually realized that life is not about accomplishments or relationships. ... I learned to love my life. I see now that I my life has been a wonderful journey. ...

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