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By admathias BRONZE
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

I read the poem, “As You Were” and really understood it and can relate to it. My dad spent some years from the 1980‘s serving in Korea with the US Army, and he’s shown me pictures...
admathias BRONZE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."


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By gb215 BRONZE
Thornton, Colorado
gb215 BRONZE, Thornton, Colorado
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By bubblesrfun GOLD
Muskego, Wisconsin
bubblesrfun GOLD, Muskego, Wisconsin
15 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be your own kind of beautiful.

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Melissa Gallagher BRONZE, Dix Hills, New York
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By Bella PLATINUM
Belleville, Illinois
Bella PLATINUM, Belleville, Illinois
20 articles 3 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"loving someone who doesn't love you is like worshiping the behind, of a wooden statue, of a hungry devil." -author unknown

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PinkNinjaHater SILVER, China, Chengdu, Other
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everybody has photographic memory, just not everybody had film.

Gervvv BRONZE, Auburn, New York
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By katie ambrose BRONZE
Auburn, New York
katie ambrose BRONZE, Auburn, New York
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By reimer1a SILVER
Lockport, Illinois
reimer1a SILVER, Lockport, Illinois
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