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By sarah99 BRONZE
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The smell of chlorine filled the car as we drove away from practice at the pool. Any other day I would’ve been rubbing my eyes, thinking about breakfast, and planning to make up fo...
sarah99 BRONZE, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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It's not flying, it's falling with style!


Me22895 DIAMOND, Azle, Texas
77 articles 0 photos 30 comments

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If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

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By basketball_chick SILVER
Hendersonville, North Carolina
basketball_chick SILVER, Hendersonville, North Carolina
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By Lust_Soul BRONZE
Baltimore, Maryland
Lust_Soul BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
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"There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and

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By SimplyRachel PLATINUM
Charlotte, North Carolina
SimplyRachel PLATINUM, Charlotte, North Carolina
48 articles 6 photos 40 comments

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&quot;Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that&#039;s why we call it the present.&quot;<br /> ~Unknown<br /> &quot;Things change, friends leave, and life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&quot;<br /> ~Stepgen Chbosky

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By StellaPrema GOLD
Petaluma, California
StellaPrema GOLD, Petaluma, California
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&quot;Be the change you want to see in the world&quot; -Mahatma Gandhi

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By Anonymous
LadyJulia SILVER, Petaluma, California
8 articles 2 photos 16 comments

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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. <br /> -Harry S. Truman

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stelluh SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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By sundaysmile SILVER
Jackson, Mississippi
sundaysmile SILVER, Jackson, Mississippi
9 articles 0 photos 8 comments