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    what happen. Redirection Signs Bill Gates first business failed. Jim Carrey’s family was homeless and lived in a van at one time. Richard Branson struggles with dyslexia. Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie, was rejected 30 times. Growing up Oprah Winfrey was molested by her cousin, uncle and a family friend. Jay-Z couldn’t get a record label to sign him so he started his own record label. Simon Cowell failed multiple times and lost millions. Charlize Theron witnessed her mother kill her father…

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    cases that show the positive effects of marijuana makes readers question why it isn’t more accepted and widely used. For example, Gupta uses a story about a young girl named Charlotte Figi that suffered from around 300 seizures a week. After trying medical marijuana, however, her seizures decreased to only two to three per month. Gupta claims that “it is irresponsible not to provide the best care we can as a medical community, care that could involve marijuana” (Gupta 38). Gupta shows the…

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    However, there are two sections in particular intrigue me the most. The first is the section on Satan and a fading picture when Goleman quotes Dr. Koenig saying that “’A public rebuttal takes a rumor and turns it into news. The news shows the rumor to be unsubstantiated. If you try to pass on the rumor after that, you run the risk of being ridiculed’” (490). I agree with this because although logic may say that it is not reasonable to bring attention to false allegations, it is better…

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    women our prime role in society is to be loving, understanding and dependent on a man. The Disney film Frozen, really opened a door in the right direction showing female gender roles can be equal to a males. Although, Frozen shows insecurities women go through, it also shows that as long as you find yourself anything can be conquered. Facing your fears, female embracement, and being your own hero without a males help are embedded messages this movie is sending about the role of women.…

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    As Oprah Winfrey said ”Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. In this quote, Oprah is talking about how childhood is a cause of trauma and how it affects adulthood. Trauma is when a person is deeply distressed or have a disturbed experience. Environmental trauma is emotional shock outside experiences. Trauma must be acted upon a threatened death, serious injury, and self-esteem or fear. While some argue that trauma mostly affects a child’s behavior, it has…

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    influences and help STEM prosper. Furthermore, STEm can help art as well. A video by Suli Breaks, Why I hate school but love education, explains the idea that individuals will become successful in their own way. For example, Suli mention Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Muhammed Ali, who excelled in different aspects of society. Creamology is another example of how STEM influences art, creamology is a ice cream parlor that creates ice cream using liquid nitrogen in a fun and innovative…

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    When I was younger and still living in New Jersey, my mom use to go buy these plays and we would watch them together. I use to be so in live with writing because I was in this club at school where we actually got to meet directors, actors and play writers. So we would write plays and have them preformed in front of the whole school. So when I saw Tyler Perry’s work I knew from then one I wanted to do it because it looked so fun and exciting. He was just so inspiring to me that I looked up to him…

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    8 tips for year-long workaholics during summer/winter breaks Not to brag, I’m just returning from my vacation and this time I actually enjoyed it. As a freelancer than a co-founder of a startup, I understand the guilt and anxiety of taking vacations. How could I step away from building up my business and career? Here’s what snapped me out of it: workaholics are more vulnerable to a loss mental and physical health, and are less productive. If you think about it, vacations are a work necessity…

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    People should be judged on how well they work, not by their sexuality. Employers fear homosexuals will drive people away or they will molest people. Statistics show that the majority of molesters are heterosexual men that are usually related to the victim. However straight men are still allowed jobs. Other rights that are ignored is that a homosexual can't see a sick or dying partner in the hospital. Also, they…

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    “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”- (Oprah Winfrey) In the James Brown song (It's a man's man's world) he stated that this is a man's world this is a man's world but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl. Inequality has a horrible history of it's story and play out some of those things still to this day. How would the world shape women's equality if seen from a moral and ethical standpoint. It would…

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