"There are no shortcuts in life. And if there are, they never take you to your final destination." \n\nIs that good?
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Pretty good,actually, whatever grade you're in. It's basically telling you that it isn't the end of the journey that matters, it's the getting there and how you do it that matters.
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Someone once told me that everything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.\n\nWith the high-pressure society we live in today, we humans are faced with hundreds of times more stress on a daily basis than our ancestors.  Take cell phones, for example.  They allow you to be joined, literally at the hip, by your biggest stressors twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  And those little earbud phones that everyone is in love with these days.  "But they're so convenient!" people say.  "I don't even have to reach in my pocket and pull out my phone."\n\nBut, to what degree are we going to go with this technology?  Now, your boss can literally start screaming in your ear with barely a warning, any time of the day, regardless of where you are or what you're doing.\n\nWe're killing ourselves with convenience.\n\nAnd, to combat the stress, our bodies begin to crave comfort and happiness.  The most (once again) convenient form for many women is food.  It's typically very easily accessible, and provides an instant mood boost.\n\nI also tend to think that we're far less aware of portions than we should be.  "Oh, this one M&M isn't going to hurt anything."  But what about the second, and the third, and hey... wait a second, the package is empty!  Restaurant portions are more often than not more than enough food for two, or sometimes three people.  But we say to ourselves... "Well, we paid for it, it would be a waste to see it thrown out," even if we literally have to gorge ourselves to get it down.\n\nI think that portion control is a good first step... shake out six or seven M&Ms, then put the rest away somewhere where it's inconvenient to get them back out, or give them to someone else.\n\nI've often ordered smaller portions in advance at a restaurant... many times, a meal will include an entree, two sides, a soup or salad, and dinner rolls.  Most of the time, I'll just order an entree and one side.  Often times, if you actually ask them to do so in advance, they'll take it off your bill as well.  Or, if this is uncomfortable... when you receive your food, mentally tell yourself exactly how much you're going to eat, and stick with it.  When you're done, ask the waitress for a box, instead of waiting for her to offer you one.  It's so easy at a restaurant to overeat, because you just sit there and pick at your food while you socialize.  But, if it's in a box, you're certianly not going to open that and start picking around in it.\n\nI also think that, as I stated before... stress is a huge trigger.  Do everything you can to eliminate stress in your life... it plays a far bigger role in overeating and in some cases, even disease than most people realize.  Turn off your cell phone for a few hours a night (if this is the case).  In today's "instant gratification" society, people expect you to be available around the clock, at the exact second they need you.  Teach them to live with the fact that you're not.  What did we all do six years ago before cell phones became prevalent... ?  We seem to have managed fine then.\n\nI hope that some of these things pertain to you, and if not, you may find them useful to apply to other aspects of your life.\n\nI tend to have the same problem, so this is all written from the heart... :)  Hope it helps, and good luck!
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cool quote - Here are some points - I won't write your report for you but i'll give you the notes.\n\nLIfe can be elongated or very short\n\nDon't kill/hurt people\n\nStay ALive!!!\n\nStrangely your life may seem longger if you kill someone because your spending it in prison\n\nViolence doesn't solve anything\n\nTry new things - What's the worst that could happen?\n\nThere is a first time for everything
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Knowledge is nothing if you don't put it to use.\nWillingness means nothing if you don't do something.
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"Future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination"   ~anonymous\n\n"Happiness is nothing in particular; it is a continuous, creative activity"  ~anonymous
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Since the question is relative to whether it is good or not:\nYes, it is.\nWould you like us to work it out as well? I appreciate that it must come right out of a quesiton from, perhaps, your homework? Otherwise, why the last sentence? "One hint is that it is related to chapter- 'CIRCLES'" Can you attach that entire chapter for us as well?\n\nThanks!
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pretty good quote sounds like something a pretty woman would say to prove trhat us pretty girls don't only have the body to get us somewhere, but the brains to even go farther.good job it sounds fantasctic.made me feel good with this one.
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Question:  Does God truly exist?\n\nAnswer:  You won't know for sure until you die.
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I love Dazed and Confused... i went to find that whole conversation:\n\nCynthia: God, don't you ever feel like everything we do and everything we've been taught is just to service the future? \nTony: Yeah I know, like it's all preparation. \nCynthia: Right. But what are we preparing ourselves for? \nMike: Death. \nTony: Life of the party. \nMike: It's true. \nCynthia: You know, but that's valid because if we are all gonna die anyway shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves now? You know, I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.
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Pretty much the quote states that even the more powerful people in the world make mistakes and aren't always correct in their ways of solving problems.  And that a truly good person would be able to see that they're way isn't the right way and will allow other solutions to the problem, as long as the problem gets resolved peacefully.  And that the worst thing a person can do is be too proud to take someone else's advice.  In Antigone, her father I believe (it's been a while since I read this) is so set in his ways and believing he's right, that he won't see things from Antigone's point of view.  Due to his pride, it results in his daughter's death (I'm pretty sure she dies in this), which is not an affective solution to the problem.  I'm sorry I can't remember quotes and things of that sort.  But I hope I put you on the right track!  Good luck!
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The destination varies with each person.  As long as what you are doing makes you happy and you offend no one, then that is a good journey.
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You state, "I am not saying it has to be big." Cool. That's good. Most folks don't feel up to taking on the big things. But that's just being human. Starting out small is best for most. Starting out, that's whats REALLY important. Old Chinese proverb ... The longest journey begins with the first step. So we make the world a better place by starting out small, in taking the first step. Whats the easiest 1st step any one can take? Simple. Start with self. You change self, make self better, you automatically make the world a better place. How to make self better? Simple again. Be tolerant, be honest, be accepting, be respectful, be the kind of person YOU would want to live next door to. Now the worlds a better place. And the folks around you? They have a good example to follow. Maybe that sets off a kind of chain reaction. Simple. But simple ought never be confused with ease. ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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this is the first and probably the most favorite thrown around in philosophy class. very amusing, very self entertaining, very useless.\ntake your 'reality' as you know it ... your senses, your memories, your thoughts and feelings. now, cease to exsist. not too cool, is it? no fun at all. oh, btw we are all still here, but you're gone. (i've had the opportunity to reach the edge of death twice now, i know.)\n"laters"
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'love is a sickness and marriage may cure it, but the side affects are dreadful and possibly not worth living for!'\n\nI claim credit for this one and this is a better more realistic quote! what do you think?
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Pursue it dont let go, if the ideas good?
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Hi,\nTry this: "Wisdom without practical common sense is worthless."\n\nT.C......Rose
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No.\n\nWould a person consistently do, say, or think higher or better things if they did not feel truth within their heart? That is, what would be the reward of competing with an imaginary concept? You don't understand people very well if you think that imaginary rewards from imaginary beings are enough to keep them "in line" for years upon years.\n\nBut let me just speak for myself. Imaginary rewards from imaginary beings with imaginary qualities are not enough to make me want to do better and be better. If I did not have evidence of God in my heart and soul, I would be a sloppy, self-centered, chronic-misdemeanor-committing, self-indulgent jackass. This is my nature. Trust me, I know. If this world was the only world there was, I would slather my incompetence and selfishness all over it, and I wouldn't care about any consequences except prison. And, no, I'm not kidding.\n\nIt takes more than an imaginary concept to make me want to be better. It takes more than imaginary incentive to make me want to rise above my small-minded nature. It takes true spiritual rewards from a living God who actually provides them. What the deal is, is that without God I have a dark heart and a murky mind. When I lived outside of God's grace, I was an utter and complete tool.\n\nThere was no human incentive good enough for me to change my heart and mind. Anything any of you people could have offered--money, prestige, personal glory, fame, or any of that hoo-ha--just wasn't good enough. All of it (at least the money, prestige, and personal glory, which I did have or think I had) did not change my dark heart and murky mind. It fed these things, in fact, and I craved more.\n\nMy problem was that there was nothing in this world that was satisfactory and whose promise did not wear off shortly after I attained it.\n\nIt was when I reached the point where I came to understand this for real, and I hated it, all of it, that I began searching for God in earnest.\n\nIt wasn't you, or him, or her that I was competing with, trying to satisfy, or holding up as a standard. All you people were as bad as or worse off than I was. Nobody had anything I wanted. And as for good behavior and good intentions--people who exhibited these things turned my stomach. I certainly didn't see that as an incentive either.\n\nI hope that this answers your question. To sum up: Only God could fill the chasm within myself, and he did fill it when I sought him. If it was all just a concept, it wouldn't have worked--because I have chased after many a concept, seized upon its claims, and turned up empty-handed in the end.\n\nGod lives, his promises are real, he provides, and all that is of him endures.