“You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person,” was once said by a man named Scott Sorrell. In today’s modern world and age, everything seems to be progressing and getting larger at a mind blowing rate. This includes people’s attitudes on themselves, on other people, and on the world in general. Many people are insecure and spiteful towards their physique or their overall worth, and bitter and disconnected from other people. Scott Sorrell’s quote is conveying that one can make the world a better place both for themselves and for other people simply by changing their attitude and being positive. I agree with Scott Sorrell’s quote because by choosing to be happy from within, people’s positive attitudes can reach other people and eventually the world, making it a “better place”.
There are many ways in which people embody Sorrell’s quote by being positive with themselves or other people. One such person is American actress Jennifer Lawrence. Many people know Jennifer Lawrence by her brilliant acting of Katniss Everdeen on The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, and Rosalyn Rosenfield in American Hustle. However, they also know of Lawrence’s acceptance towards her body. Nowadays, more and more celebrities are obsessed with losing weight and being thin. Photoshopping and airbrushing makes them look even more toned and lean in magazines and on television. These seemingly perfect celebrities are encouraging other people to look like them as well, going to unhealthy measures to do it. On the other hand, Jennifer Lawrence has a completely different attitude on her body. Instead of striving to be perfect, she chooses to be content with who she is. “What are you gonna do? Be hungry every single day to make other people ...
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...r attitude upside down to combat her depression and achieve both hers and Natalie Coughlin’s dreams. In all these ways, a positive attitude leads to a better world for both the person and society around them. In summary, one can only better their view of the world by changing their mental outlook on themselves, life, or other people.
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... A woman should learn how to love herself despite the fact that her body does not look like that of a model. Whether you fit society’s standard of what beauty is or break the stereotype. “We live in an age where the mere idea
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"You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
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