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By abbajane GOLD
McDonough, Georgia

Conformist. To me that is one of the ugliest, nastiest, most demoralizing words there is. It is a word used to describe someone who isn’t brave enough to be himself. Dict...
abbajane GOLD, McDonough, Georgia
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&quot;I must stay drunk on writing so reality does not destroy me.&quot; ~Ray Bradbury<br /> &quot;There&#039;s nothing to writing, just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&quot; ~Ernest Hemingway<br /> &quot;All I loved, I loved alone.&quot; ~Poe


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Hartland, Wisconsin
tmj19 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
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By OrenK PLATINUM
Flushing, New York
OrenK PLATINUM, Flushing, New York
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&quot;My teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said happy. She said I didn&#039;t understand the assignment. I said she didn&#039;t understand life.&quot;- John Lennon

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By VirQJiang115 SILVER
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
VirQJiang115 SILVER, Princeton Junction, New Jersey
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&quot;There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old&#039;s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.&quot;[

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By jake krause GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
jake krause GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
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