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The Last Lecture - Online Term Paper

The Last Lecture

Lesson #2

Don't Complain Just Work Harder

In chapter thirty-two, "Don't Complain Just Work Harder", Randy talks about how so many people go through life complaining about their problems and Randy talks about how he has always gritted his teeth and made his way through the problems. "If you put your mind to it" is probably the meaningful quote of this chapter. I completely agree with this because whether you can't or you can, you're right. Majority of the problems in life can be resolved with some mind set behind it. Never say you can't do something when you haven't even attempted it. Try it and if you don't succeed try again. If there is ...

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right". I can mostly relate to this because you are your own person. Only you know what you're capable of and you know your limits. Randy also says that "It's not whether you win or lose, its how you play the cliché", which ultimately means that its how you play the game.

Matt and Vicky Martelli ignored a cliché and found their dream house.

By Diane M. Fiske, For The Inquirer

POSTED: DECEMBER 30, 2012

Matt and Vicky Martelli found what became their 5,600-square-foot dream house in West Philadelphia - with enough space to accommodate a "man cave" for him and a room-sized closet for her - because they ignored that old cliché about real estate.

You know, the one about location.

In essence, they gave up trying to find a house in Center City, their first choice of geography, and decided that the design of the house they wanted was more important than its address.

"We tried to buy a house in our old neighborhood in Washington Square West, but we found it would ...

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left the front so it would continue the appearance of the other houses on the street," Matt says. "We painted the front yellow and the trim white."

Matt's design kept the footprint of the original house, and added about 1,000 square feet in the basement.

Entering through the leaded-glass front door means leaving the exterior's early-20th-century look behind. The living room is blue and white, with a large flat-screen TV installed over a gas fireplace.

Adjacent to the fireplace are comfortable chairs and green and red plastic toys belonging to Luca. (Vicky, now a stay-at-home mom, makes sure Luca has safe play areas throughout the house.)

The kitchen - which includes an ...

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