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By ReemChamseddine BRONZE
Beirut, Other

At my school, community service is mandatory. So a lot of students complain about it and about how stupid the school is, but not me. I had always liked the idea of volunteering and...
ReemChamseddine BRONZE, Beirut, Other
1 article 4 photos 3 comments

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"Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference." -The Giver


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Crazy MAG
By polkadots BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
polkadots BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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&quot;Don&#039;t forget to be kind to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it.&quot;<br /> &quot;Sometimes smart people can do very, very stupid things.&quot;<br /> &quot;Being nice to people will get you far.&quot;

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By lovelymoon SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
lovelymoon SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
6 articles 0 photos 15 comments
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By KellyAnne88 GOLD
Long Beach, New York
KellyAnne88 GOLD, Long Beach, New York
10 articles 1 photo 10 comments

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&quot;Hey, I heard you were a wild one, all the more fun to persue.&quot;

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By treehugger7 BRONZE
Colorado Springs, Colorado
treehugger7 BRONZE, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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&quot;A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by our fathers, but borrowed from our children.&quot; ~J.J. Audubon

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By Soar57 SILVER
Thatcher, Arizona
Soar57 SILVER, Thatcher, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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Don&#039;t whine, it don&#039;t get you anything.

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By Noshabora GOLD
St. Cloud, Florida
Noshabora GOLD, St. Cloud, Florida
17 articles 78 photos 107 comments

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&quot;Poetry and art are when you take decades of thought and condense it into a nifty little portable carrying case that people can see and go &#039;Oooh, Ahh&#039;... and then forget about it. But what does it matter, so long as YOU remember it?&quot; ~ Bela

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BananaHana GOLD, Chinook, Montana
16 articles 16 photos 7 comments

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.<br /> -Ralph Waldo Emerson-

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By Writing4Pub DIAMOND
Colts Neck, New Jersey
Writing4Pub DIAMOND, Colts Neck, New Jersey
68 articles 16 photos 5 comments

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Always desire to learn something useful.<br /> Sophocles