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Opinion
By BrigitteMartinez SILVER
Simi Valley, California

Eve of Destruction By: Barry McGuire The eastern world, it is exploding Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill, but not for votin' Y...
BrigitteMartinez SILVER, Simi Valley, California
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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What's a life if you never take chances and are always bitter....


Opinion
By Babylufin GOLD
Liberal, Missouri
Babylufin GOLD, Liberal, Missouri
13 articles 2 photos 229 comments

Favorite Quote:
"'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" Jeremiah 29:11. Thank you Lord, for this future you've given me.

Opinion
By JMAG782 SILVER
Westlake Village, California
JMAG782 SILVER, Westlake Village, California
7 articles 2 photos 1 comment

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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Babylufin GOLD, Liberal, Missouri
13 articles 2 photos 229 comments

Favorite Quote:
"'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" Jeremiah 29:11. Thank you Lord, for this future you've given me.

Opinion
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Opinion
By LizaW. GOLD
Glenview, Illinois
LizaW. GOLD, Glenview, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Opinion
By Holly_Frost GOLD
Henrietta, Texas
Holly_Frost GOLD, Henrietta, Texas
17 articles 5 photos 56 comments

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Individuality makes us human

KirstynAlexandra PLATINUM, Baltimore, Maryland
24 articles 0 photos 71 comments

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\"I\'m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can\'t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don\'t deserve me at my best.\"
— Marilyn Monroe

Imagination is more important than knowledge...
Albert Einstein

Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran