That is what Thoreau is also saying in his quote. ... The dream the quote refers to is Gatsby's dream of Daisy being with him. ... Gatsby says, "lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe...collected jewels, hunting big game, painting a little...and trying to forget something very sad that had happened"(Fitzgerald 70). ... It is stated in this quote that when analyzing an individual's "character" or personality another will be able to debate on a different view and therefore may create a disagreement. ... Two people may use the same quote to defend their arguments that ar...

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To find comfort, she quoted Isaiah 54; 7: "For a small moment have I [The Lord] forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee" (90). ... She did not say it was a sad sight to see any injured or hurt people, but only injured or hurt Christians. ... While this quote provides little comfort to contemporary readers, for Rowlandson it assured her that her predicament was the Lord's doing and he would eventually resolve it if she changed her ways. ... In Rowlandson's last citation from the Bible, she quoted Exodus 14: 13: "Stand still, and see the salvation of th...

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Suddenly Daisy becomes upset and cries out drunkenly, "They're such beautiful shirtsit makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before" (Fitzgerald 92). This quote exemplifies the disillusionment of American society by exploiting the emotional effects of witnessing excessive wealth. ... This quote highlights the theme of a loss of hope for the future by Daisy's marrying for wealth instead of happiness. ... This quote exemplifies Daisy's loss of hope for the future and her daughter's future by examining Daisy's lack of self worth a...

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We become sad and angry inside because of the loss of one of our people. ... Someone anonymous once quoted, " Don't sing of yesterday, yesterday is gone, tomorrow isn't written, make today your song." ...

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Explain how World War 2 impacted on Australia's alliances with Great Britain, and the United States of America. WW2 began in 1939 which impacted thousands of people and countries. Australia, Germany, Japan, Britain and United States of America were some of the significant countries that played a maj...

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This quote shows the way that Trudy sees Rose and her family as and thinks of them, when she hasn't even given them a chance to settle in. ... This quote shows that it was very dangerous for girls to be working alongside managers who were men because they would be in risk of going through an experience just like the one Rose was in. ... This quote shows the suffering Rose felt when she thought about the loss of her sister, and it shows that her American Dream of having a better life completed with her family was in risk of never being achieved. ...

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The sad news is that smoking is the most preventable death in the United States. ... The best way to sum up tobacco and advertising comes from this quote in US News, "Is it the use of a cartoon character in an ad proof that you are targeting children? ... When I was looking through the booklet on Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada I found a handful of quotes from world experts that could be quite useful in showing how children are affected by the advertisements. ...

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Senator Barack Obama's A More Perfect Union begins with a quote from the most important document which has been a lynchpin of controversy since its origin. ... Although many Americans think that hard work will make them rich enough in order to live the American Dream, the sad fact is that most Americans are not rich and will never reach beyond the poverty line, regardless of hard they work. ...

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The sad part is that nobody would take any action against this. ... I decided to conclude my argument by including a disturbing quote by Charles Hughes, United States Chief Justice from 1930 to 1942. ...

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Sad yet true, obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. ... Goober quotes a T.V. casting agent as saying, "If you have someone who is a size six and she can get down to a two, there will be more roles for her. ...

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This quote by Thorstein Veblen provides an accurate depiction of life in America in The Great Gatsby. ... For example on page 98,"They're such beautiful shirts, she sobbed.. makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before." ...

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The war was coming to an end, and slavery was only days away from abolishment (Kairos), when President Lincoln gave his speech, not of happiness for the end of war but for the sadness of its result. ... In this quote, "all American states, whether Confederate or United, trust in the same God, and in this they have unity" Lincoln shows that all Americans pray to the same God and read the same book (Bible). ...

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"I swung my camera around," Rosenthal is quoted as saying in Flags of Our Fathers, "and held it until I could guess that this was the peak of the action, and shot. ... Nowhere do we see the sadness the loss of fellow soldiers. ...

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" This quote to me is important because women had to believe without any doubt that they were and are entitled to political, social and economic equality to men despite society's views and oppression from men who believe the opposite.  ... Now using Steinem's quote it's a fact we learned that god was man it's not a fact because as per Thomas Paine "Jesus Christ wrote no account of himself, of his birth, parentage, or any thing else; not a line of what is called the New Testament is of his own writing". ... Using another Ralph Waldo Emerson quote "No mem...

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As quoted in the article, "A Call for Truth in the Fashion Pages" by Ashley O'Neil, "The beauty and fashion industries sell consumers, mostly women, products to make them thinner, younger, and more attractive. ... In the United States, 32.8% of adults are obese but the disgustingly sad part is 25.8% of children are considered obese (Khan). ... Quoted by O'Neil, the United Kingdom formed a system, called Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which is: "a system of self-regulation of the advertising industry that is run by a nongovernmental regulatory body[that is]...

• Word Count: 1892
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The Great Depression was a devastating time for many people. There were many lost jobs and homes. The time frame was from about 1929 until approximately 1939. There were many events leading up to the depression and many outcomes. The actual date of the events or what the exact causes were are di...

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Reading this article made me feel sad because it's very disrespectful for these farm owners and companies for abusing these migrant workers by calling them or physically abuse them like their slaves. ...

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There are many factors that play in to how you feel about yourself. From the little things such as the toys you played with when you were little, to the clothes you wear, how much of this can actually effect you? The many possible outcomes of a positive or negative self-image can overall determine a...

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