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By Writing4Pub DIAMOND
Colts Neck, New Jersey

Every day kids in schools are left out, beaten, treated unfairly, and made fun of. Bullies are people who are just trying to lower other people’s self esteem to heighten theirs. Bu...
Writing4Pub DIAMOND, Colts Neck, New Jersey
68 articles 16 photos 5 comments

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


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By AmmmyMarie GOLD
Silverton, Oregon
AmmmyMarie GOLD, Silverton, Oregon
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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By Noshabora GOLD
St. Cloud, Florida
Noshabora GOLD, St. Cloud, Florida
17 articles 78 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
&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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By Noshabora GOLD
St. Cloud, Florida
Noshabora GOLD, St. Cloud, Florida
17 articles 78 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
&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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By BananaHana GOLD
Chinook, Montana
BananaHana GOLD, Chinook, Montana
16 articles 16 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
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 AnaKhad BRONZE
New York, New York
AnaKhad BRONZE, New York, New York
3 articles 7 photos 4 comments
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By j.favuzza13 BRONZE
Wilmington, Massachusetts
j.favuzza13 BRONZE, Wilmington, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By TanGem PLATINUM
Colorado Springs, Colorado
TanGem PLATINUM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
34 articles 0 photos 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love is not a feeling; it is a gift, an act, an ultimate sacrifice. -Me (Em)

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By Anonymous
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By Artsygirl SILVER
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Artsygirl SILVER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8 articles 4 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather that something is more important than fear.<br /> &quot; Let no one despise your youth instead be an example to the believers in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. &quot; 1 Timothy 4:12