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By Alyssalicious BRONZE
Whittier, California

“You my girl, SHINE.” Ally Hunter, a student at Miami University, said this quote to me during a tearful goodbye this past summer at the National Student Leadership Conference at U...
Alyssalicious BRONZE, Whittier, California
3 articles 13 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are one.&quot;<br /> ~JK Rowling


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IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &#039;happy&#039;. They told me I didn&#039;t understand the assignment. I told them they didn&#039;t understand life

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By Anonymous
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GreeneMachine SILVER, Defiance, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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arichman40 PLATINUM, Basalt, Colorado
44 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never judge a book by its cover&quot;

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By LaceyElizabeth BRONZE
Elk Grove, California
LaceyElizabeth BRONZE, Elk Grove, California
1 article 14 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot; A woman&#039;s heart should be so lost in God that a man must seek God in order to find her.&quot;

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By tcody BRONZE
Cleburne, Texas
tcody BRONZE, Cleburne, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Anonymous
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By routemaster07 GOLD
McLean, Virginia
routemaster07 GOLD, McLean, Virginia
11 articles 2 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Work hard, be yourself, and have fun.&quot;<br /> -Michelle Kwan

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By HayleyAlexandra SILVER
Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
HayleyAlexandra SILVER, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You&#039;ve gotta dance like there&#039;s nobody watching,<br /> Love like you&#039;ll never be hurt,<br /> Sing like there&#039;s nobody listening,<br /> And live like it&#039;s heaven on earth.&rdquo;<br /> ― William W. Purkey