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By mollygrazioso BRONZE
Millburn, New Jersey

“You were never allowed to have Barbies,” my mom tells me, sitting on the edge of my bed. “They just magically disappeared. Unrealistic body types … I was...
mollygrazioso BRONZE, Millburn, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
The right to fail is liberating.


ArushiArora BRONZE, New Delhi, Other
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villalban BRONZE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
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By lexiejones18 BRONZE
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
lexiejones18 BRONZE, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Though she be but little, she is fierce."

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By Angel04 SILVER
Houston, Texas
Angel04 SILVER, Houston, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot; Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear&quot; ~ Meg Cabot<br /> &quot; I&#039;d rather be pulling a Chevy, than driving a Ford&quot; ~ Grandpa Orta

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Angel04 SILVER, Houston, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot; Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear&quot; ~ Meg Cabot<br /> &quot; I&#039;d rather be pulling a Chevy, than driving a Ford&quot; ~ Grandpa Orta

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By TheParisianDoorman BRONZE
San Pedro, California
TheParisianDoorman BRONZE, San Pedro, California
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SinnamonTongue BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
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“Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in verbal form the sins and crimes of their past lives. Toast was a ritual item devoured by fetishists in the belief that it would enhance their kinetic and sexual powers. Toast cannot be explained by any rational means.<br /> <br /> Toast is me.<br /> <br /> I am toast.”<br /> <br /> ― Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake