Quotations on topics Education Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey Personal relations – family and friends “I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.” ― Maya Angelou Hobbies I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing. David Beckham Sports As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called. Robert Jay Lifton Career – jobs and future plans Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries. Randy Johnson Law and crime Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyr...
long Dig on their knees lot of dust, no air 7,5 hours of work underground Miners have nowhere to wash themselves The Plot Houses in indrustrial downs are in bad shape Mass uneployment & poverty no chance of getting work II part Orwells life and socialism Higher class rejects lower class Middle-class socialists speak against their own class Socialism isn't what it used to be Socialism communism Quotations · "I am not a manual labourer and please God I shall never be one, but there are some kinds of manual work that I could do if I had to. At a pinch I could be a tolerable road- sweeper or an inefficient gardener or even a tenth-rate farm hand. But by no conceivable amount of effort or training could I become a coal-miner; the work would kill me in a few weeks. " · "... middle-class child is taught almost simultaneously to wash his neck, to be ready to die for his country, and to
Ender's Game By Orson Scott Card Compiled by Taavo Allik The Author · born on the 24th of August in 1951 · began as a poet · studied theatre · only author to win both science fiction top prizes in consecutive years (Hugo & Nebula Awards) for Ender's Game and it's sequel · Has written in a variety of genres Setting · occasionally on Earth · mostly in Battle School: on orbit near Earth most important there: battlerooms · in Command School very far from Earth on a small planet Eros · on a bugger colony named after Ender Ender's World Main Characters · Ender · Valentine 6 years old Ender's sister 11, when wins the war genius genius gentle-natured a Third (third child in the · Peter family) Ender's brother...
................................................................................. Graff...................................................................................................................................... Mazer Rackham.................................................................................................................... Plot-Summary........................................................................................................................... Quotations................................................................................................................................. My Opinion............................................................................................................................... Orson Scott Card He was born on the 24th of August, 1951 in Richland, Washington. Card's writing career began primarily as a poet, studying at Brigham Young University.
Punctuation Vocabulary: colon, semi-colon, dash, hyphen, exclamation mark, comma, quotations marks, inverted commas, full stop/period, slash, apostrophe. 1. Semi-colon. Between two separate thoughts that are linked in meaning. Mel is a nice person; she visits her granny every day. 2. Colon. Before an explanation or a list. John felt nervous: he hated the dark. 3. Dash. Informal. It is sometimes used instead of colon or a semi-colon. I’m having a great time – there’s lots to do here. 4. The rules about commas are not very strict
Style must be formal (no short forms) Write well developed paragraphs Avoid strong feelings (hate, like, everybody hates, etc.) Use generalisations (it is believed) Don't use strong personal expressions (I know...) use ,,I believe..." or ,,I tend to believe" Use linking words Use sequency Make reference to other sources (police believe) Give examples Do not refer blindly to statistics Avoid cliched introductions (Since the old days...) Use quotations or paraphrasing of quotations Linking words Giving examples: For example, for instance, namely Adding information: And, In addition, As well as, Also, Too, Furthermore, Moreover, Apart from, In addition to, Besides Summarising: In short, in brief, in summary, to summarise, in a nutshell (kokkuvõtvalt), to conclude, in conclusion Sequencing ideas: The former, ... the latter, Firstly, secondly, finally, The first
What does it do? It introduces the main idea of your essay. A good opening paragraph captures the interest of your reader and tells why your topic is important. How do I write one? 1. Write the thesis statement. The main idea of the essay is stated in a single sentence called the thesis statement. You must limit your entire essay to the topic you have introduced in your thesis statement. 2. Provide some background information about your topic. You can use interesting facts, quotations, or definitions of important terms you will use later in the essay. Example: Hockey has been a part of life in Canada for over 120 years. It has evolved into an extremely popular sport watched and played by millions of Canadians. The game has gone through several changes since hockey was first played in Canada. Supporting Paragraphs What are supporting paragraphs? Supporting paragraphs make up the main body of your essay. What do they do? They develop the main idea of your essay.
Movie was well done. None too big cuts. All good quotations were present but it felt to me that in some places they were a bit too forced (crammed together). Alltogether I liked the movie and it gave away the meaning of the book pretty well. The storyteller explaines in the beginning that Harry likes to play with people. Not good. The novel has no reference to Dorian being painted with an Egyptian goddess shaped like a cat who could grant his wish, as the film has. Appears throughout the whole movie. Girls signs the painting- Glaidis, Basils niece. Dorian stole her heart. Also important in later recognising the corpse. In Wilde's original, Sybil Vane is a Shakespearean actress whom Dorian observes playing Juliet, rather than the gifted dance-hall singer seen in this film. This necessitates altering Dorian's motive for breaking up with her. In the novel, her acting has become shallow as a result of really falling in love with Dorian,...
The structure of a sketch is fairly arbitrary, but it usually includes an introduction (e.g., the character's full name and position in relation to the other characters), 35 body paragraphs (appearance, main traits, peculiarities), and a conclusion (e.g., the character's role in the book or your opinion of him/her). It is normal practice to employ the present tense when telling the story and to support some of the statements made in the main paragraphs with (short) relevant quotations from the novel. Use the inverted commas (not the italics) to introduce direct quotations. For the sketch, please use Times New Roman, font size 12, double line spacing, indents (not block style), no extra space between paragraphs, and margins of 2.5 cm. No separate title page is required, but state the heading of the sketch clearly at the top of the page. Do not waste paper; print on both sides of the sheet.
BUT! If I say "According to author X this author is ... "- it is plagiarism). When you have no quotation marks but have rendered other author's ideas be very careful. Ideas, assessments, statements need to have reference to the author. All the statistical data from other books and articles should be credited too. Quoting. References When you quote it shows you have studied the background material, but you need to be rational there should not be too many quotations. When you quote the quotation cannot just stand alone, when you quote you do it for a certain reason. You need to comment on the quotation (before or after). Your commentary on the quotation needs to be as long as the quotation (e.g. biographical sketch of A. Christy even it was taken from some source it should not have quotation marks. We know this topic quite a large part of information will become our common knowledge, but we do not need to write about who married
validity of an antiquated code of conduct. His flight from Pamplona is symbolic of the failure of traditional values in the postwar world. Summary: Chapter I [Cohn] learned [boxing] painfully and thoroughly to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton. (See Important Quotations Explained) The novel begins with Jake Barnes, the novel's narrator and protagonist, describing Robert Cohn. Cohn was born to a wealthy Jewish family in New York. At Princeton, Cohn faced rampant anti-Semitism. To minimize his feelings of inferiority and to combat his shyness, he threw himself into boxing, becoming the university's middleweight champion. He married very soon after his graduation, on the rebound from his unhappy college experience. He and his wife had three children
Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia," Douglass was one of the most prominent figures of African American history during the 1800s, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, American Indian, or recent immigrant. He spent his entire life advocating the brotherhood of all humankind. One of his favorite quotations was: "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." Life as a slave Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who later became known as Frederick Douglass, was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland near Hillsboro. He was separated from his mother, Harriet Bailey, when he was still an infant. She died when Douglass was about 7. The identity of Douglass' father is obscure; Douglass originally stated that his father was
Why should an admissions committee be interested in me? Why am I interested in this field? 1 Some other topics are suggested below to stimulate your thinking: The most memorable experiences The most influential ideas, people and events in your life Your likes and dislikes Your academic, career and personal goals Your key strengths Your favorite written work, quotations, intellectual activities The attributes you most respect in others Times when you have shown leadership, creativity and ingenuity Times when you have helped others You don't have to cover all the topics stated above. All you have to do is try going from topic to topic and write around three to five items for each question or topic then move on to the next one. You can skip any topic you want to, there is no compulsion. The whole point of this exercise is to generate a mass of
Usually no source indicated. Allusions create new associations in a new context, because they call forth compression. Usually they create festive overtones, also humor (when used "inappropriately") (e.g. "Death may be knocking at the door like the Commandor's statue.") 3. Quotation is a phrase, passage from a literary source marked by inverted commas. Usually the author's name is supplied unless he is widely known. Quotations often assume a new meaning . 4. Epigram short, compact statement, which stresses an idea. Epigrams are independent when taken out of context. Coined by well- known people (e.g. "The child is father of a man" Wordsworth). 5. Proverbs and idioms make the text emphatic and colloquial due to their ever-fresh qualities. They may appear in their traditional form
claimed to have sold for $1.5m a 15-minute black and white 16mm film of Monroe performing oral sex on an unidentified man, got widespread mainstream media coverage.[51][52] The dealer is not reported as having identified the seller or the buyer, or as having presented any evidence for the film or the sale. [53] FBI documents indicate a "French type" film of Monroe was confiscated from an informant in the 1950s.[54] Quotes Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Marilyn Monroe" Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. " " I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. (...) Goethe said, "Talent is developed in privacy," you know? And it's really true. (...) Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever. [55] "
protagonist is a man of all ages. Modern life is full of agony and horror, many fool themselves into hope but some don’t and see the truth. The poem’s style is very complex, erudite and allusive; Eliot provided notes to explain the quotations and allusions. Originally 800 lines; cut down to 433. Highly symbolic – the barren land of the human heart. Eliot provided poets with a new range of technical innovations, e.g. abrupt scenematic
g. "Death may be knocking at the door like the Commandor's statue." Bathos: "She addressed herself to the drunken man who had now begun to emerge from the ditch like Venus rising from the foam." "The fellow follows me everywhere like Mary's lamb.") 3. Quotation a phrase, passage from a literary source marked by inverted commas. Usually the author's name is supplied unless he is widely known. Quotations often assume a new meaning (e.g. "I do not know if Kipper noticed that my brown was sicklied o`er with the pale cast of thought. (Hamlet Shakespeare)" "Jeeves, I yelled and then remembered that he had long since Gone With the Wind.") 4. Epigram short, compact statement, which stresses an idea. Epigrams are independent when taken out of context. Coined by well-known people (e.g. "The child is father of a
1906 turned out to be a remarkable year. Both Tartu’s Vanemuine and the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn became professional. For the celebration concert of this event in Tartu, two new works were written: The First Estonian Suite by Artur Kapp and Overture-Fantasy No. 12 by Mihkel Lüdig (1880-1958). Kapp’s Suite is important because for the first time an Estonian composer used Estonian folk music. Lüdig also touched upon a folk tune. Kapp used quotations from the tunes as themes for variation. In spite of his professionalism the work lacks originality: the national spirit reveals itself “academically”. The Overture-Fantasy of Lüdig is based on two themes. The first theme is wistful though bright in character, expressing yearning and deep sincerity: 1 The previous one burned down in 1903. 2 First performed in Tartu, Vanemuine Theatre, 13 Aug. 1906; Artur Kapp conducted the theatre orchestra
goods; whereupon we find the power of castrating and making eunuchs much in use in old times, Observations,p. 155. Law is nothing else but the will of him that hath the power of the supreme father, Observations, p. 223. It was God's ordinance that the supremacy should be unlimited in Adam, and as large as all the acts of his will; and as in him so in all others that have supreme power, Observations, p. 245. I have been fain to trouble my reader with these several quotations in our author's own words, that in them might be seen his own description of his fatherly authority, as it lies scattered up and down in his writings, which he supposes was first vested in Adam, and by right belongs to all princes ever since. This fatherly authority then, or right of fatherhood,in our author's sense, is a divine unalterable right of sovereignty, whereby a father or a prince hath an absolute, arbitrary, unlimited, and unlimitable power over the lives, liberties, and
subjectivity. This is a paradox beacuse subjective journalism allowes for the writers interpretation. Jorunalism with the writers point of view. Sometimes this new journalism is also calles nonfiction, creative nonfiction. From fiction, from literature, new journalism borrows the following techniques. Telling the stories using scenes rather than accurate historical narrative, the second feature presenting dialogue in full, meaning conversations as they happen in real life, rathen than quotations. Use the point of view, every scene is represented in the eyes of a character. Recording everyday scenes, collecting as many facts and details as possible. New journalism is not thought to be as fiction. The most famous new journalists is Truman Capote. Truman Capote 1924-84. The most notorious and scandalous writers of his time, public personality, love being on tv, loved being seen in high society. He wasn't afraid to say his mind, had a very sharp tongue, openly homosexual
absolute dictator (49 BC). Killed by Republican conspirators (M.J. Brutus and G. Cassius). His Commentaries on the Gallic War contain important information about the Celts. He introduced a new, Julian calendar in 46 BC; the seventh month of the year was named after Julius Caesar after his death. To have some idea of J. Caesar and his time, you can see the famous film Cleopatra (especially its first half). Remember these quotations: Alea jacta est. The die is cast. Жребий брошен. Vini, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. Пришел, увидел, победил. Tu quoque, Brute! You too, Brutus! И ты, Брут! 2. A few centuries later, Hadrian’s Wall marked the border between the two countries, England and Scotland (the land of Scots, the Celtic people that inhabited the country). 3. Retired Roman soldiers were given land, and settled in Britain. 4
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bare the original message. It contrasts with cryptanalyze, in which persons who do not possess the key or system— a third party, the "enemy"—break down or solve the cryptogram. The difference is, of course, crucial. Before about 1920, when the word cryptanalysis was coined to mean the methods of breaking codes and ciphers, "decipher" and "decode" served in both senses (and occasionally still do), and in quotations where they are used in the sense of solve, they are retained if they will not confuse. Sometimes cryptanalysis is called codebreaking; this includes solving ciphers. The original intelligible text that emerges from either decipherment or cryptanalysis is again called plaintext. Messages sent without encipherment are cleartext or in clear, though they are sometimes called in plain language. Cryptology is the science that embraces cryptography and cryptanalysis, but the term "cryptology"
way up. Our world today has more than 300 self-made billionaires and multibillionaires as well. Many of these are people who started with little or nothing, and by changing their thinking, they un- leashed their own inner potentials to achieve extraordinary financial results. And almost anything that anyone else has done, within rea- son, you can do as well. What are your goals? ■ THE POWER OF COMMITMENT One of my favorite quotations is from the mountain climber Charles Murray. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is an elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment that one def- initely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
right?" "Yeah," he muttered. He was still looking awkward... upset. "There's more?" I asked in disbelief. "Forget it," he mumbled, "I'll get a job and save the money myself." I glared at him until he met my gaze. "Just spit it out, Jacob." "It's so bad." "I don't care. Tell me," I insisted. "Okay... but, geez, this sounds bad." He shook his head. "He said to tell you, no, to warn you, that -- and this is his plural, not mine" -- he lifted one hand from my waist and made little quotations marks in the air -- '"We'll be watching.'" He watched warily for my reaction. It sounded like something from a mafia movie. I laughed out loud. "Sorry you had to do this, Jake," I snickered. "I don't mind that much." He grinned in relief. His eyes were appraising as they raked quickly over my dress. "So, should I tell him you said to butt the hell out?" he asked hopefully. "No," I sighed. "Tell him I said thanks. I know he means well." The song ended, and I dropped my arms.
Illustrations: Fritz Springmeyer & Michèle M o n t e z Book Layout: Gina Mansfield Design Editor: Paul Norlen Printed by M c N a u g h t o n & Gunn, Inc., Saline, Michigan Manufactured in the U n i t e d States of America Printed on Recycled Stock © 2 0 0 7 Christopher Vogler First Printing October 1 9 9 8 All rights reserved. N o part o f this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vogler, Christopher, 1 9 4 9 - T h e writer's journey : mythic structure for writers / Christopher Vogler. ~ 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9 7 8 - 1 - 9 3 2 9 0 7 - 3 6 - 0 I. M o t i o n picture authorship. 2 . Narration ( R h e t o r i c ) 3. M y t h in literature. 4. Creative writing. I. Title. PNI996.V64 2007 808.2'3-dc22 2007026844
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