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Different
By luv2bLDS BRONZE
Peoria, Arizona

When I started Kindergarten, I was several inches shorter than most of my classmates. By the time I started fourth grade, the other kids were at least a head taller than me. Once I...
luv2bLDS BRONZE, Peoria, Arizona
4 articles 0 photos 17 comments

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At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough.

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Drown In Your Lies, Girl
By Ghostly-Rose SILVER
Easley, South Carolina
Ghostly-Rose SILVER, Easley, South Carolina
9 articles 7 photos 13 comments

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"Make Life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am?! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down, with the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon, that burns your house down!"- Portal 2

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Being the Hope
By paleteenager PLATINUM
Fountain Hills, Arizona
paleteenager PLATINUM, Fountain Hills, Arizona
39 articles 0 photos 38 comments
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Ballerina’s Life MAG
By KristinC PLATINUM
Cupertino, California
KristinC PLATINUM, Cupertino, California
27 articles 0 photos 19 comments

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&quot;So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.&quot;<br /> -F.Scott Fitzgerald, the Great Gatsby<br /> <br /> &quot;To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.&quot;<br /> -F. Scott Fitzgerald

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14, 15, 16
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Dear You
By AbysmallyAbstracted PLATINUM
Mountains, Colorado
AbysmallyAbstracted PLATINUM, Mountains, Colorado
33 articles 4 photos 13 comments

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2000 B.C. - &quot;Here, eat this root.&quot;<br /> 1000 B.C. - &quot;That root is heathen, say this prayer.&quot;<br /> 1850 A.D. - &quot;That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.&quot;<br /> 1940 A.D. - &quot;That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.&quot;<br /> 1985 A.D. - &quot;That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.&quot;<br /> 2000 A.D. - &quot;That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.&quot;<br /> ~Author Unknown

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Boston Bombing
By LayneCat SILVER
South Plainfield, New Jersey
LayneCat SILVER, South Plainfield, New Jersey
9 articles 2 photos 6 comments

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&ldquo;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&rdquo;<br /> ― Oscar Wilde

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Dear Parents...
By MillieKae GOLD
McCook, Nebraska
MillieKae GOLD, McCook, Nebraska
14 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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&quot;I step into the great unknown, the ball and chain I call my own.&quot; <br /> -Sublime &quot;Ball and Chain&quot;

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Courage
By Amelia Hooper SILVER
Eagle Mountain, Utah
Amelia Hooper SILVER, Eagle Mountain, Utah
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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The Quarrel
By AbbaDabbaDoo PLATINUM
Mountain Grove, Missouri
AbbaDabbaDoo PLATINUM, Mountain Grove, Missouri
43 articles 6 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. I guess we know which one you are.

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