The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” Do you agree with this definition of success? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
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The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” Do you agree with this definition of success? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
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Cayman S.4th
3/27/2015 03:11:21 am
I do agee with Bob Dylan's definition of success.Being able to do what you want and not doing something you hate just to make money is when you know you are succesful. Anyone who gets to wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night and not have to work crazy hours at work just to live is successful.
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Cayman S.4th
3/27/2015 03:17:11 am
Success is when you do the things that you want and you can make a living off of it. Money isn't what truly defines success. Doing what you want when you want and still being able to live like a normal person is.
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Mikayla
4/1/2015 11:32:30 pm
I do and don’t agree with this quote because a person shouldn’t do what they want to do they need to get the job done. Success doesn’t just come overnight it takes an effort to get done. Sure do what you love but don’t be lazy about it. Wake up get it done that’s that.
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Reese Nighbert 4th Period
3/27/2015 03:20:34 am
I believe that Bob Dylan is right because in a way, your success is defined by your happiness. True success is when you're satisfied with yourself and your life. yoy could have all of the wealth or fame in the world, but if you don't like your life then it all means nothing.
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Tala S. 4th
3/27/2015 03:26:22 am
Honestly, Bob Dylan was correct in some aspects of his song quote, but for the most part, I have to disagree. Success in my opinion is doing something in your life that truly impacts and means something. This could range from raising a family of some sort to solving major environmental problems. As long as you affect someone's life in one way or another or produce something great, you are successful. Who knows that a man is literally slacking all day to go to bed at night with no accomplishments? Who knows if this man is tearing down on others and ruining lives? That is no where near success in any way.
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alex g 3rd
3/27/2015 07:29:31 am
I do agree with Bob Dylan because success is living the life you want to live. My success is bowling every week with my friend and I have more than one friend. Success is us seceding and helping others before our selves. Bob Dylan is a tableted song writer and has lived a good life so far and he was in Tennessee yesterday.
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Kylie N 2
3/29/2015 02:31:19 am
I agree with Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan's definition of success is very accurate. You can't be lazy and be successful.
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Evy Brown 1st
3/29/2015 11:26:22 am
Bob Dylan wrote, "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." He is right. Success can come along if you wake up each morning ready to do what you want to do that day. During the day you do what you want like going out to paint a mural or complete a yoga class. Then you go home and go to sleep, thinking about tomorrow. Success can be anything. Even if you failed, you succeeded by learning to do better next time.
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halie 2nd
3/30/2015 02:23:53 am
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phillip 1st
3/30/2015 02:27:24 am
I agree with him because every person makes there own success and everyone has there own success.You can make success on your own but some people don't know what success is so many people don't try to get or make there own success. I takes success to get success. You have to accomplish your goals to get what you want. You don't let other people tell yo what you can and can't do sometimes and most of the time you have to get things on your own so do you have and want to make success.
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Gwendolyn S. 1st pd.
3/30/2015 09:58:28 pm
I do agree with this success, because it makes sense to be able to get up in the morning from sleep and to go to sleep at night. Some people can't be able to get up in the mornings due to a certain reason. So that's something to be successful about.
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Madison B 1st
3/31/2015 08:27:25 am
Bob Dylan once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” This probably means that if you get up in the morning and through out the day you accomplish things and do things you want to then you go to bed you'll be a success. Success is the achievement of something; the gaining of fame. I do agree with Bob Dylan's way of explaining success.
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laurel p 2nd
3/31/2015 09:11:04 am
Yes I do agree because you get up in the morning, do what you need to do and go to bed knowing that you did what you did for success. in between morning and night you work all day. it doesn't matter what it is because either way it is for success.
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Michaela Rahn
3/31/2015 11:05:41 am
"A man is a success if he wakes up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." This quote out of Bob Dylan's song is correct in a way. If you do what you want to do then you are successful. If you simply do what makes you happy you are successful. You may not be rich or a genius but your happy. That is what makes a person successful.
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Katie C 3rd
3/31/2015 12:09:15 pm
I do agree with Bob Dylan. To be successful you have to be happy. You have to like what your doing for a living if not you'll just be miserable. Also If your rich and your not happy is it really success? Being happy is true success not having money.
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jami b 1st pd
3/31/2015 10:58:32 pm
Yes i do believe that this is success because the man did what he needed to do and was successful at it . He was him & maybe he dud something to make someone elses day successful.
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katie pd 1
3/31/2015 10:59:01 pm
i agree that going to sucsess is an all day task, but between the minute you wake up to the minute you go to sleep you have to be doing something that benifits you. not doing something stupid that doesn't help your life at all.
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Chase R 1st
3/31/2015 11:01:36 pm
I do agree with Bob Dylan on his version of success. “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” You can wake up and want to be a success but not do anything. I think Bob Dylan is trying to say in order to achieve success you need to not be lazy. You need to want to wake up and strive to achieve something.
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jeruel cook 1st
3/31/2015 11:02:59 pm
No i do not agree what he said. A man is suppose to up in the morning. Then he is suppose to go to work so he can get money. Cause he probably has a house he need to pay for. He also probably has a car to pay for.
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Angel D (1st per)
3/31/2015 11:05:41 pm
I do agree with Bob Dylan's saying because doing what you do in life that makes you happy is what you live for, its your livelihood...It's important to you to wake up and do what needs to be done in the day and then go to bed at night to have enough energy to restart the cycle the next day.
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Ernest Washington 1st
3/31/2015 11:13:36 pm
I agree with Bob because if we men can't go out and have fun with our friends then what is life. If we can't just go so where and do something stupid that we can't at home or in other places then what is life.
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Mollee b 3rd
3/31/2015 11:14:13 pm
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” says Bob Dylan. I do agree that in order to be successful, you have to be happy. Not being happy makes you not successful.
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Gracie W 2nd
3/31/2015 11:18:37 pm
I do believe “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” By Bob Dylan. I do agree for different reasons. Also Bob Dylan does to. He is basically saying get up and do something. Got to be active.
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Todd 1st
3/31/2015 11:24:43 pm
Bob Dylan, born May 24th, 1941, was a great singer, song writer who once said," A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." I agree with him on this quote, because happiness is true success. If you are happy when you wake up, happy when you go to sleep, and happy doing anything in between, then you are pretty successful.
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Madison Venable 1st period
3/31/2015 11:27:17 pm
No, i do agree with Bob Dylan. success is doing what you have to get done,done. you can have fun and live life while doing what you have to do. sometimes life has to be all work and no playing around but not all the time. life is not all about working and working even though it seems that its all people do.
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Adam Seigler 4th
3/31/2015 11:27:53 pm
When you are successful, you are able to do the things you want when you want to. No one should have to tell you what you need to do when you are famous. You should just be able to get up in the morning and do what you want to do . You should be able to do what you want when you go to bed. You can be famous and have many things to do, but you can still live like a regular person.
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Autumn 4th
3/31/2015 11:28:27 pm
People measure success in different ways. Sometimes its by the amount of money you make, rarely do you ever find someone who measure success by happiness and achievements. I agree with Bob Dylan's quote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”
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Hannah H 4th
3/31/2015 11:28:52 pm
If you get up at 6 in the morning and get ready to be successful, aren't you going to try and help someone out? Understand something you didn't before? Try your best to get something done? Of course! If you want to be successful by doing what you want, it only goes with this quote if you want to do some productive and good.
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Robert C. 1st
3/31/2015 11:30:23 pm
I don't agree with Bob Dylan because I believe when you do something you don't just say i'm going to take a break while i'm doing something simple like cleaning my room like if you only had 5 shirts on the floor if you took his advice you would pick up 2 shirts and then go somewhere out to eat or go to the mall and then come back and pick up 2 more shirts and then go watch a movie for 2 hours and finally come back and pick up the last shirt.
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Taryn Shurling
3/31/2015 11:33:03 pm
A man or woman who has the willpower to get up every morning, and has the nerve to do what he or she wishes, is what you call success. Not being a movie star, or being famous, it's doing what you want to do. Either it be raising a family, or saving someone, it's your choice.
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Kaila C.
3/31/2015 11:35:59 pm
The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”I believe that this is so true because if you get up and what you are supposed to do,you have time to do what you want to do.Then when you are done doing what you are supposed to do you can go to sleep because you are going to need that rest to do the same thing all over again.This is apart of life.Life is a journey that we all take.
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Zach J 1st
3/31/2015 11:36:24 pm
I agree with Bob Dylan. You only become successful when you actually do your job. Most people are successful when they do job correctly. People want to be successful but they do nothing to get success. They sit around and do nothing thinking they will get what they want. In order to get what you want you have to do something.
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eli r 1st
3/31/2015 11:36:33 pm
i agree with this mans success because u success the day if u wake up and go to sleep. people have different types of succes. some success is simpler than other.(not finished)
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eric 1st
3/31/2015 11:38:07 pm
I agree with Bob Dylan because a man needs success when they are living life. You need to have a job and make good money . Success is like you accomplishing something you need to do that if you want to live a good life.
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caleb w 2nd
4/1/2015 12:06:10 am
I agree with Bob Dylan because a man needs success when they are living life. You need to have a job and make good money . When you grow up and you live your own life its all you.
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Gabbi Hanlon 2nd
4/1/2015 12:06:56 am
I agree with Bob Dylans definition of success. If someone could wake up in the morning and do the things they want to accomplish then they have true success. Some people set an alarm in the morning and then they keep hitting that snooze button. Basically your putting your life on hold. How are you suppose to accomplish things whenever your still sleeping in your bed. Then when you finally get up you won't want to do anything but be lazy. While your sleeping other people are out being successful. You don't want to be one of those people that live with your parents at 30? Do you? I think not. Bob Dylan's quote is very good at explaining true success.
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Brianna Sims
4/1/2015 12:12:33 am
Yes, I agree with Bob Dylans quote because thats basically what you do to become successful. Before you become successful you have to wake up right. Also you have to get up and do what you got to do to become successful.
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Jenna Roberson 2nd period
4/1/2015 12:13:40 am
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”
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Taylor Vezevicius 1st pd
4/1/2015 12:15:48 am
I do agree with bob Dylan. Being successful is staying active and doing the good things in life right. You can't be lazy and accomplish something. Or even be successful by being lazy.
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Madison Johnson 2nd pd.
4/1/2015 12:16:13 am
This man is very right.That quote is very true. True success comes by working hard and giving 100% all the time. Everyone wants to become successful.Not everyone though,give 100%. Success is a very important thing.
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Brennan King
4/1/2015 12:18:48 am
I agree with Bob Dylan because in a way he is right. Success is basically being happy with what you succeeded in. Having success is being pleased with what you do.
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Micaiah Bolton 2nd Period
4/1/2015 12:19:21 am
This is a very odd quote because it is hard to agree with, but you also want to agree with him at the same time. I really don't know where I stand on this one. I do think he's right, but in another sense he's wrong. For right now I'm gonna go down the middle and say that I do and don't agree with this quote.
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Josh B 2nd
4/1/2015 12:26:48 am
Well, this quote tells me a few things. Apparently, this "man" must not have no family cause he does what he wants to do. Just plain sight is that if you have no family, thats different. In other words if you do have a family, you can't do whatever you want to. You have a family to take care of! You can't just sit around and do nothing. Cause the funny thing is, is that your wife will get mad at you. Break up with you and take your children....
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Mallory Robb 2nd
4/1/2015 12:37:21 am
I agree with Bob Dylan's definition of success. Success means that you're doing what you want and not what other people want. Success is being happy with what you're doing and not regretting it. Bob Dylan's definition of success is "a man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
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jonathan Barton 2nd period
4/1/2015 12:40:40 am
I abslutely do agree with the man because he just makes a really good point. You just need to kind of stick with the code because you never know how happy you may end up.
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joshua W 2nd
4/1/2015 12:42:37 am
I don't with Bob Dylan because in a way he is wrong. Success is not basically being happy . It is doing what's right because you can be happy doing the wrong things in life.I rather do what is right and not enjoy it than do something bad and do.
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Ian Brinson 2nd
4/1/2015 12:44:10 am
That is correct. Success is what you make of it. If you have a place to sleep you most likely had to work for it. That means you are a working Man/Woman that is how u make your living that is good.
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Amy Conley 2nd
4/1/2015 12:48:42 am
Bob Dylan once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” Do you agree with this definition of success? In some ways No but in others Yes.
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Kevin Thomas
4/1/2015 12:57:30 am
I Do agree with Bob Dylan success is doing what you want to do in life. If you do not like what you are doing in life then you are probably not going to be successful in that career.But if it is something you truly love you will have no problem being successful. It is hard to succeed at something when you do not like it choose a career that best fits you. Like when you just got this new job but you do not like it you had to get it to pay the bills. You are most likely be late every other day.
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Shakeera B. 3rd
4/1/2015 02:24:24 am
I do agree with Bob Dylan view on success because.A successful person puts their mind to things , and they do whatever is necessary to achieve their goals. To me in order to be successful in a career you have to pick a career that you want to do because if not you are not going to try hard to reach that goal. Also to become successful you can not worry about what other people think because at the end of everything you are doing that job not them.
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Ronnie B 3rd
4/1/2015 02:25:53 am
In many respects it is true.Alot people do enjoy their job.they do love to go to it every day.LIke being a video game tester or just being a normal teacher.You get up every day and just do what you love till dark.
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jaylin3rd
4/1/2015 02:26:26 am
I believe that Bob is right because success is when you want to do things that you wanna do and when you also do what your supposed to do.The things that you do are successful if there are the right things.Some people get out and do bad things and they know that what they are doing isnt the right thing but they still chose to do it.If what you are doing dont make you successful then you shouldnt be doing what you are doing.I know im not perfect but I know the things that I do are sometimes because others unlike me wanna get out there and do bad things.I wanna be a good girl and get my education and go to college so that when im older ill have something good going on in my life.I wont be in jail for something dumb when I could of been home doing the right thing.But I cant speak for others I know right from wrong and I also know what path imma go down.And It will not be the wrong one It will be the best one because I have a life to enjoy while I can so,Im not gonna let anyone mess that up.
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KuwanD3rd
4/1/2015 02:26:41 am
I do agree with Bob Dylan because if you do what you need too do and gave to do life is so much easier.A real man does what he supose to do without anyone him to do whats right.Do something that you are going to enjoy because thats dumb to do something that you are not going to enjoy. So thats means that you are not gonna give 100 percent with whatever you are planning on doing with your life.
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Esmeralda 3rd
4/1/2015 02:27:10 am
The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." I Do agree with Bob Dylan success is doing what you want to do in life. If you do not like what you are doing that is not success.
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James R 3rd
4/1/2015 02:29:46 am
A man is successful if he gets up. We also take waking up every day for granted. But one day you want wake up. I take it for granted too.
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Aaliyasha 3rd period
4/1/2015 02:30:48 am
I agree with Bob about success.You can really try for what you want to do in life.If you try at what you do you can be better at it. You shouldn't give up at what you are trying to do in life. If you keep trying at what you want to do , you probably will get it what you want. So dont give up on success.
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Liam M 3rd period
4/1/2015 02:31:01 am
I agree with what he said, because if you do something you don't want to do for a living you are not successful in life. If you do something you don't like every day you will not be happy.
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hannah m 3rd
4/1/2015 02:31:09 am
I dont agree with his defanition of success because a hobo can go to sleep and wake up but that doesnt mean their succesful. Its kind of rediculas that somebody would think that thats success . Just exsesting isnt enough to be successful you have to do things that help people.
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Michael L.
4/1/2015 02:37:21 am
I agree that a man that wakes up in the morning ready to day your job. Does what he loves to do all day and then goes to bed at night to do what he loves to do all over again the next morning. If you love what you do for a living then you will never get tired of doing it. You should always be looking forward to the next day,because you love the job that you are doing.
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Shaquala w 3rd period
4/1/2015 02:39:48 am
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Rashemell
4/1/2015 02:40:44 am
that success is when you do somethine that you like and enjoy doing.being better at something not to not like something you do I agree with bob that success that his really try to do something in life that he like in his career if you dont like what your doing in life your career will de bad I would like an success so I can do something that I like I want a career so i can make alot of money that what i like in my success
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deangelo 3rd period
4/1/2015 02:41:19 am
i disagree with bob because it takes more then that to be successful. You must put in work in order to see success. And doing whatever you want to do and going to bed is not success. you may have to do stuff you don't want to do, or don't feel like doing in order to be successful. Because it cost to be successful
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brandon brown 3rd
4/1/2015 02:41:25 am
I do agree with Bob Dylan, a man will be a success when he gets plenty of sleep, to get up in the morning. He will get motivated to get the work he has to do done. He will do whatever he wants to, without anyone telling him what to. He will do it on his own time, not anybody elses time. He will get up whenever he wants to. He raises a good family with his wife.
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Nicole W. 3rd period
4/1/2015 02:42:04 am
No I don't agree with what he says in his quote. Success is not just about waking up and going to bed at night. It's not ever about doing what you want in between them either. Success is about what makes you feel good will doing it.
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Makenzie D 4th
4/1/2015 03:38:35 am
I agree with this definition, because if you do not truly love what you do, then how can you be successful. If you do not feel obligated to do the thing that you want to do, then whats the point. If you do what you want to do and enjoy it, then you are successful. Then you have succeeded for that day.
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Rebecca B. 4th
4/1/2015 07:36:41 am
This quote by Bob Dylan is right in a few ways. Yes you will be succesfull if you get what you want to do done in between morning and night but it also matters long term. You could want to get done with a book for example but then again that's short-term. Something bigger and long-term could be a business or enviormental impact.
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Bryan Vezevicius 2nd
4/1/2015 10:25:44 am
Today, I read this quote. this quote is about a singer and songwriter Bob Dylan that once wrote, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” Do I agree with this definition of success? Why or why would I not? In my opinion, I would agree with this definition.
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Caitlin E 4th
4/1/2015 12:20:35 pm
I believe that Bob Dylan is correct when he says "A man is a sucess is he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between does what he wants to do." You are successful when you are doing something you want to do. You wouldn't want to do something you hate everyday. Being happy is apart of being successful. If you get up every morning to do something or go somewhere you hate, I do not believe that is very successful.
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Chase Howze 4th
4/1/2015 01:57:22 pm
If you do what you want to do then you are successful. That's having the ability to be good enough to do exactly what you wanna do. Taking charge and being your best to be able to do what you want is very stunning and amazing. It shows leadership and pride.
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Alexia G 1st
4/1/2015 10:39:38 pm
since my internet was down for the past 2 weeks i had to finish it at school.
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Cullen P 4th
4/1/2015 11:19:48 pm
I agree with Bob’s definition of success. Why couldn't that be the reason for success? We are always told that we can do whatever we want. Whatever makes us happy. This is what Bob is saying.
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Madison F 4th
4/2/2015 12:08:43 am
I do believe what Bob Dylan said about success. You need to be successful in life if you plan on having a job, family, or you own house. You will need the money to help pay for your family, and house by having good job. You need to do what you want to do when you wake up and then go to bed. During that time, you should do what you feel like is right and makes you successful.
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Harmon R 4th
4/2/2015 11:34:26 am
I believe that Bob Dylan is correct. He says that people can choose what they want to do and that will make them successful. Micheal Jordan woke up every day, practiced then went home. He did whatever he chose to do, nobody really told him to play basketball. If he was told what to do he probably wouldn't have liked it.
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Brandon Story 4th
4/2/2015 01:34:35 pm
I agree that success is running your life. You have to live for the day. Do what makes you happy. Life isn't about the destination it's all about the trip. As the saying goes "a man will never work a day in his life doing what he loves."
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Anna F 4th period
4/3/2015 05:10:45 am
I do think that this is a good definition of success. I think that someone who fulfills the day is someone who is successful. Many people sleep all day and do nothing. That is no way to earn a living and nobody likes a couch potato. Someone who makes something out of the day is someone who works and earns a living.
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Katie A 4th
4/12/2015 07:50:38 am
Bob Dylan makes it clear by this quote, that he is a very wise man. If you are living life the way you want to be, you are successful! Having a job could last a lifetime, make it something you enjoy. Success isn't necessarily money, but in who you are.
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Evan Oglesby
4/12/2015 10:32:49 am
I believe that is succes. Because you are living life. Thats what you want to do. You have everything. You have fun with what you do and get to sleep. Its paradise.
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Tiffany P 4th
4/12/2015 12:29:49 pm
Success is doing something you love. I agree with Bob Dylan because I believe at the end of the day its about what you want to do. People may think that success is making money and having fame. Not necessarily in my view. My opinion is that if you enjoy something so much that it should not matter about fame and/or fortune.
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Breanna J. 4th
4/13/2015 09:02:36 am
In Bob Dylan’s quote I agree for the most part. I agree because it is very true because a person should only do what they love and not the things they don’t love. If a person decides to just put up with the jobs that do not make them happy then they will never be happy no matter how much they try. Instead if you decide to do something you will love to do then you will always be happy no matter what happens.
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Dakota Burgess
5/10/2015 09:04:12 am
Yes, I do agree with Bob Dylan's definition. I agree with him because if you do what you want to do then you are happy with life. If you're happy then you are successful in life.
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Micheal ferguson
8/27/2015 11:00:55 pm
I think that the statement is incorrect. Because if you go to work hard in life in return something greater will happen. A working man usually wakes up early and go to bed late. When you work hard you are considered a man or woman. When you work you can't always get what you want and do what you want to do. So that is why I think his statement is incorrect.
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