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The rich warm smells of Mexican spices permeate our house during every season. Family and our Mexican culture is an issue that is important to my family and I. Growing up with five...

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By breannaeelizabeth BRONZE
North Waterboro, Maine
breannaeelizabeth BRONZE, North Waterboro, Maine
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" -Eleanor Roosevelt

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By thesplatterink BRONZE
Westfield, New Jersey
thesplatterink BRONZE, Westfield, New Jersey
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&quot;I know what I&#039;m going to do tomorrow, and the next day, and the year after that!&quot;<br /> -- George Bailey, It&#039;s a Wonderful Life<br /> <br /> &quot;[Love and Art] are both simply forms of imitation.&quot; - Lord Henry, The Picture of Dorian Gray<br /> <br /> &quot;A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.&quot; - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas<br /> <br /> &quot;Rosebud&quot;<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an&#039; tho&#039; a cloud&#039;s shape nor hue nor size don&#039;t stay the same, it&#039;s still a cloud an&#039; so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud&#039;s blowed from or who the soul&#039;ll be &#039;morrow? Only Sonmi the east an&#039; the west an&#039; the compass an&#039; the atlas, yay, only the atlas o&#039; clouds.&rdquo; - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas<br /> <br /> &quot;If you want to know what a man&#039;s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.&quot; - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br /> <br /> &ldquo;The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.&rdquo; - Alain de Botton<br /> <br /> &ldquo;When you don&rsquo;t have many friends and you don&rsquo;t have a social life you&rsquo;re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There&rsquo;s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you&rsquo;re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships.&rdquo; - Tim Burton

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danielloch BRONZE, Corinth, Texas
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By EmmaRainear GOLD
Charlotte, North Carolina
EmmaRainear GOLD, Charlotte, North Carolina
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By Roryl SILVER
Mt. Olive, North Carolina
Roryl SILVER, Mt. Olive, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. ~C.S. Lewis