12/01/11 - culpable"Achievement seems to be connected with action.

Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Conrad Hilton

Quick Write: How long have you gone without something necessary to your survival (food, shelter, water, sleep, or clothing). Explain.

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12/02/11 - culpable"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how

you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus." - Oprah Winfrey

Quick write: Is beauty skin deep or does it come from somewhere else?

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12/05/11 - dearth dearth (n.) a lack, scarcity An eager reader, she was dismayed

by the dearth of classic books at the library.

“If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too. “ Albert Einstein

Quick writes: Describe something you have lost or given away that can never be replaced.

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12/06/11 - dearth"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the

stream always wins – not by strength but by perseverance." - H. Jackson Brown (writer “Life’s Little Instruction Book”)

Quick Write:Write about the worst meal you ever had.

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12/07/11 - dearth"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

That's what makes you a winner." - Venus Williams

Quick write: What song has stuck in your head recently, and what were you doing at the time that made you think of it?

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12/08/11 - dearth"I have learned that the greater part of our misery or

unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." - Martha Washington

Quick write: Name something you’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t. What has prevented you from doing it?

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12/09/11 - dearth"You are today where your thoughts have

brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."- James Allen

Quick write: What is one thing nobody knows about you because nobody ever cared to ask?

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12/12/11 - effaceefface (v.) to wipe out, obliterate, rub away The husband

was so angry at his wife for leaving him that he effaced all evidence of her presence; he threw out pictures of her and gave away all her belongings.

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. “ --Albert Einstein

Quick Write: Write about somethingthat bothered you this week.

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12/13/11 - efface"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small

matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quick write: Write about your most cherished childhood memory

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12/14/11 - efface"There's a very positive relationship between

people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it." - Joyce Brothers

Quick write: Describe a time you felt alone.

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12/15/11- efface"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in

the end you are sure to succeed.“ - Abraham Lincoln

Quick write: Describe the longest time you have ever been away from home.

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12/17/10 - effaceThe young do not know enough to be prudent, and

therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation." - Pearl S. Buck (author)

Quick Write: Write about whatever is on yourmind right now.

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