We Make a Living By What We Get But We Make a Life by What We Give

by Herminne Tonita - This quotation made me think carefully what my priorities in life are: to make a living or to make a life? One usually makes a living working hard, day by day, and gets something valuable in change: money. Money makes life easier and at the same time helps us make a life. I definitely agree with the idea that we make a life by what we give to others. For example, if ...

Date added: 08 February '07

We Live In An Age When Anyone Can Be Famous For 15 Minutes

by Monique Barb - Everything is possible nowadays. We hear about a lot of people that have became stars over night. So, it is possible to be famous at least for 15 minutes in your lifetime. We see and read news everyday by mass media. Everyone that has a certain strange or odd idea can be a star only for one TV show or newspaper article. If you give an interview about your job or school or i ...

Date added: 31 July '08

Death Penalty Should be Abolished World Wide

by Diana-Mara Anghelina - There is no question about the fact that certain criminals really should not have the right to live anymore. The people convicted to a capital punishment are the authors of incredible massacres and must suffer the consequences for their actions. In most of the places in the world that practice capital punishment nowadays, the death penalty is being given as a punish ...

Date added: 27 February '07

Can living in a foreign country be better than living in your own?

by Cristina Nuta - One argument in favour of staying in one's native country is that the problems of adapting to a new way of life cannot always be overcome. The fact of the matter is that, even in cases where the language is the same, there are other changes, such as cultural differences, which an outsider might find difficult to adjust to. Even the weather can force some people to return to t ...

Date added: 21 July '07