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By Haley Fiegel BRONZE
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

To my underdeveloped seven-year-old mind, the sunken, rounded divots in my grandpa’s face from meteors of cancer that struck him two years earlier blistered an image into my head a...
Haley Fiegel BRONZE, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
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SarahManganiello GOLD, Buffalo, New York
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DanaNajeeb BRONZE, Al Ain, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" _Einstein

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By Olive_r BRONZE
Naperville, Illinois
Olive_r BRONZE, Naperville, Illinois
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Briannadubie BRONZE, Swanton, Vermont
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By Ansel Ahabue BRONZE
Lilburn, Georgia
Ansel Ahabue BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
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By Kathe BRONZE
Portland, Oregon
Kathe BRONZE, Portland, Oregon
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

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By klace SILVER
Lambertville, Michigan
klace SILVER, Lambertville, Michigan
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“People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven’t the faintest idea. That’s why you’re writing the book, it seems to me, to find out. To me, it’s a journey. It’s an adventure. It’s traveling in a country you’ve never been in and everything is going to be new, and because of that, vivid. And don’t make up your mind too soon. Let it be an experience.” —David McCullough