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By QadeemK BRONZE
Edison, New Jersey

“Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but...
QadeemK BRONZE, Edison, New Jersey
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camilamedeles GOLD, Sacramento, California
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"It is not what the world holds for it is what you bring to it"-Anne

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By Anonymous
aalaazah1 PLATINUM, Colombo, Other
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where words fail music speaks
success is a journey, not a destination

when you feel your best, everybody else can feel it too - ARIANA GRANDE

If you are able to look yourself
in the mirror every day
with the decisions that you make,
that's where power starts - SELENA GOMEZ

Before you judge people judge yourself - ZAYN MALIK

haters will say what they want, but their hate will
never stop you from chasing your dream- JUSTIN BIEBER

If you follow your dreams,
it means you follow your heart.
if you do follow your heart,
I don't think you can go wrong- CELINE DION

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By ltemple03 BRONZE
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
ltemple03 BRONZE, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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"Don't forget about me."

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Bibliovore SILVER, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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ellaBlevad BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it” – W. C. Fields

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By LaLaLindsy BRONZE
Brewerton, New York
LaLaLindsy BRONZE, Brewerton, New York
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"Few, if any, survive their teens. most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of afult conformity. It becomes easier to di e and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity."
-Maya Angelou

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meshaliah BRONZE, Columbus, Ohio
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