He then began to tell me that he left his small town of Mexicali. Mexicali is a small city in Mexico that borders the United States. ... It did not matter because he knew once he got there he would find a job and have all the things he did not have at home. ... We lived in a small trailer home with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a very small living room, and an even smaller kitchen. ... They do believe in God, and expect us to do the same. ...

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I then asked, "does God or religion or spirituality play any role in your marriage?" ... They told at first it did not but after they got married they realized that they were closer to Christ and God through the sacrament of marriage. ... From here, I went straight to asking, "what are some of the most rewarding things you have encountered?" ... They did mention other small problems, but were not as stressful as the ones mentioned. ... They said, "to be prepared for the things that come with marriage. ...

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" I asked, "Wrong, God dropped them there just for you. ... But why doesn't he have a lot more important things to do, I mean why would he take the time to do that, it's such a small thing?... "He cares about the little things. ... "Thank you for my sunglasses, God." I said. God got a whole lot bigger for me that day; it set the tone for my faith. ...

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O God! God!... "Fie on't, ah fie, "tis an unweeded garden/ That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature" (Shakespeare I. ... In fact, Hamlet views his father in many ways to be god-like. ... Since it sets up Hamlet's depression and ends with no action, the soliloquy actually intensifies what was originally a relatively small problem involving only his family. ...

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To this day, the songs "Who Let the Dogs Out," "We Are Young," and "God Bless the USA," remind me of this day. ... Whether it was for something as small as something to do for the holiday, or to accomplish a big goal like my father, people were anticipating this weekend for weeks. ... The support of the fans was one of the most amazing things I have ever personally experienced. ... Every July 3rd game has fireworks, and during those fireworks the main song that they play is "God Bless the USA.... The accident was one of the scariest things I h...

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Little niggers in the country don't have things like we do. ... From one small conversation with the grandmother The Misfit has changed his entire way of thinking. ... Sometimes a man says things he don't mean. ... God never made a finer woman than my mother and my daddy's heart was pure gold," (391). ... She dwells on the things in life that are of no consequence whatsoever. ...

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It's pale light illuminating only a small section, leaving everything else in murk. Fingers of shadow clawed silently around the room, a bare wooden tomb with only a small tattered sofa and two chairs to show any sign of occupancy. ... Please, don't,"" a small boy pleaded, in a strangled whisper, his lips trembling with every word, and his body stiff with dread. ... Like most, he had spent his life moving from one place to another, running away from it all, and then going back and enduring the torture and spite with the hopes that things would change, that his father would change. ...

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Therefore, American families tend to be small and, compared with other countries, rather isolated. ... They believed that they had been chosen by God to rest in the canopies of heaven with Him. ... If they appeared to be successful, it meant that God was on their side. ... Americans have always considered themselves individualists chosen by God. ... Since then many things have changed. ...

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At the funeral all things that she would need in her after life was gathered and put into the coffin. These things included her personal slave ho happen to be very young and did not want to die. ... The Obi blamed her not getting pregnant on her chi, personal god, who happen to be the slave woman. ... Sacrilege: violation of something consecrated to God "It would be like a sacrilege to disturb such complete and personal bliss." (65) 2. ...

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My mother was downstairs cooking dinner and I was upstairs in my room getting my things together for school. ... I always had a hard time believing him when he'd say these things since his actions spoke louder than his words. ... We left the airport and rode in a really hot, small taxi cab to his sister's house where we were going to stay. ... My great aunt said, "Oh my God, he hasn't done that at all today with anybody. ...

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The girls' giggles and chatter about young boys filled the small, single-room school. ... He smiled up at the sky and nodded as if to tell God, "Thank you." ... I will take your memory and all the things I learned from the both of you and be okay. ... No more pain I can hope a lot of different things for you. ...

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They lead us to a small dirty, overcrowded apartment building with peeling paint and hardly any furniture. Here mother and father quickly unpacked our things and tried to make the best of this bad situation. the ghetto was a place filled with sadness and my parents always did their best to keep me busy. ... I am now more frightened than ever for my parents safety, I pray every night to god that they will come for me as promised. ... Things got even better when I discovered that Miriam's boyfriend played basketball tournaments against other schools, including the Rockville team on which J...

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As I knelt before him I tried to pray to God and talk to my grandfather but I couldn't concentrate. ... My grandmother who appeared small, sweet and innocent was as strong a personality as any brawn looking many could ever have been. ... I hoped that someday I could do some of the interesting things he had done. ...

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My mother actually is a common woman but in her small appearance lays an extraordinary perseverance, a very kindly heart, fortitude, and an altruistic soul. ... Sometimes, I want to hide things from her but somehow someway she understands when I am happy and when I am worried. ... I pray to God every night to continue to keep my mother alive because I cannot live without her. ...

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