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Why do you do what you do?

My name is Aram Namavar, and I just turned 18 years old last week. I am a first year freshman at UCLA, an athlete, and a son. These three things encompass who I am as an individual and young man. Playing sports such as basketball and soccer all my li
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Why do I do what I do?

I do what I do to make myself feel accomplished. School was never my strong point. I have always done well and received good grades but school hasn’t been what has interested me. A huge reason for this was that I was never the smartest kid in my clas
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Why Do You Do What You Do?

I do what I do because otherwise, I would not feel complete. I often view myself as a walking contradiction, a split between two opposite halves. On the one hand, I am rather practical. This is the side of me that likes to maintain structure and rout
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Good Dog

I am a trained labradoodle, a servant to others, a fun loving odd mutt that simply wants to please. I have been raised and trained to do exactly as I am told, completely striped of the basic animalistic impulses. I look back on my life and see no out
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Who I Am

Asraf, AdamArt and Architecture 10: Discussion 1BOctober 16, 2009Who I AmMy name is Adam Abraham Asraf. I am a second year pre-history major at UCLA looking to get a degree with good grades and then maybe apply to law school. I always get good grades
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Why Do You Do What You Do? Essay

I am a student. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am myself. These four reasons are significant in motivating me to do what I do. Ever since I started school, it has become a main component in my life. While others tried out new talents such as sport
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“Why I do what I do”

“Who am I,” is a question I constantly ask myself. This is an important question in life to truly understand oneself and yet it is one of the toughest. To answer this question I have to look into my past and also what I want for the future. These two
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Wdydwyd?

I write. A lot.I usually hold in my emotions. But these emotions I don’t readily show instead translate onto paper, where writing purges everything. Call it a sort of catharsis.I treat it as my prized work, my possession. My meticulously manufactured
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WDYDWYD ESSAY

Andrew MageeArt & Architecture10/9/09WDYDWYDI practice some sort of football roughly 6 hours a day for UCLA.Sometimes I dread itSometimes I cannot waitBut either way, it is necessary and I have to do it.I do this, because I love this sport, I love th
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WDIDWID

I must be the worst performer on the face of this earth. I’ve been playing piano for as long as I can remember, but I can never get myself to successfully perform a music piece in front of an audience.My inability to play the piano in front of others
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WDIDWID

I am a student, a sister, a daughter, a young woman, a worker, a dreamer. I might not have a career, an occupation that I will be doing for the rest of my life (yet) but I do have a goal with what I do. That goal is to help others in any possible way
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Why I do what i do

Jerry Rice, Jr.Art and ArchitectureOctober 16, 2009I do what I do"I can't think of another player who more exemplifies the drive, work habits, and commitment it takes to reach the top” (Mike Holmgren). The quote describes the character that my father
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Why do i do what i do?

If you fail to prepare, then you better prepare to fail. Failing used to be my worst fear. I learned I could drastically reduce my chances of failing if I prepared extremely well. I wake up at 6 in the morning and run for reasons that I cannot explai
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Charlotte Dolan Why I do what I do

Why I do what I doCharlotte DolanI am an athlete, I am a champion, but most of all I am a team player. I adore being a part of something bigger than myself, something that brings so much more to your life. Wearing the title of being an athlete I wear
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Because Bread Crumbs make me feel secure…

I didn't enjoy Apollo Music Club...or Youth Advisory Group...or Kiwanis Volunteering. But all these things looked awfully good on my college applications. And by senior year in high school, I well versed in how to follow the plan. I had done it in mi
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It's what I do. It's who I am.

December 26, 2007. The day my whole world came crashing down. It had started out with a simple back pain. How had it come to this? My dad has cancer. He has six months to live. No, this couldn’t be true. He was as strong as an ox, never sick a day in
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UCLA09-AA10-Law-Andrew

It is hard for me to objectify my own state of mind and who I have become. Sure I am the product of my mother’s ever persistent motivation to have me study like any other Asian parent but I am also my father’s son. He always told me to work hard and
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