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By Porcellina SILVER
Oxford, Ohio

Essay prompt: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did...
Porcellina SILVER, Oxford, Ohio
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I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one.... Humans are caught -- in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil... There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well -- or ill?


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By bluestar1692 BRONZE
Lady Lake, Florida
bluestar1692 BRONZE, Lady Lake, Florida
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" Responsibility is greater than life!"

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By PhantomofBroadway GOLD
Cumberland, Rhode Island
PhantomofBroadway GOLD, Cumberland, Rhode Island
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I may be small, but I&#039;ve got giant plans to shine as brightly as the sun. -Astonishing, Little Women the Musical<br /> It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. -Macbeth

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By Reesewa8 BRONZE
Temperance, Michigan
Reesewa8 BRONZE, Temperance, Michigan
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By Jared Bostrom BRONZE
Nashotah, Wisconsin
Jared Bostrom BRONZE, Nashotah, Wisconsin
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DizzyRae PLATINUM, Fort Washington, Maryland
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&ldquo;For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the work for which all other work is but preparation.&rdquo;<br /> -Rainer Maria Rilke