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By coleeeeee123 BRONZE
Pearl River, New York

Five hundred words. You would think that an AP English student would have a rather firm grip on five hundred words. Yet sometimes a love of writing creates more of an issue than a...
coleeeeee123 BRONZE, Pearl River, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful."


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By SometimesTina GOLD
Plymouth, Minnesota
SometimesTina GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong.  They are conflicts between two rights.  ~Georg Hegel

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By SometimesTina GOLD
Plymouth, Minnesota
SometimesTina GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong.  They are conflicts between two rights.  ~Georg Hegel

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By SometimesTina GOLD
Plymouth, Minnesota
SometimesTina GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong.  They are conflicts between two rights.  ~Georg Hegel

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By Nicole Dunn BRONZE
Tempe, Arizona
Nicole Dunn BRONZE, Tempe, Arizona
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By Ratatoskr BRONZE
West Granby, Connecticut
Ratatoskr BRONZE, West Granby, Connecticut
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By SometimesTina GOLD
Plymouth, Minnesota
SometimesTina GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong.  They are conflicts between two rights.  ~Georg Hegel

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Jesse Schwiebert BRONZE, Defiance, Ohio
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the_sparrow SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
8 articles 0 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss