Debra Monroe Quotes
Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course a truly volatile issue in teaching memoir or the personal essay, because there's no pretense that the narrator is a character.
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I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.
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I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.
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The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.
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Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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My personal style is ever changing.
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What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.
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Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
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It's hard separating work from personal life.
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Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.
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I thank my personal staff for their restless sacrifice for my work.
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My dream is to make Katihar a model district. I have no personal ambition.
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You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.
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In their pure form, the martial arts demand the intense awareness of the meditative mind, and have nothing to do with anger or wanton aggression. A practitioner is taught from the outset that the skills must never be used for personal gain, but only in self-defence or in the protection of others -- and even then only enough force as is absolutely necessary should be used.
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A sea setting us upon the ice has brought us close to danger.
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Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course a truly volatile issue in teaching memoir or the personal essay, because there's no pretense that the narrator is a character.
