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By MayaM SILVER
Cupertino, California

When I was about ten or so, my mother took my brother and I to the local planetarium to watch the solar eclipse. It was crowded when we got there, a huge group of about a hundred o...
MayaM SILVER, Cupertino, California
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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Never MAG
By Gracieblue PLATINUM
Oak Park, Illinois
Gracieblue PLATINUM, Oak Park, Illinois
22 articles 0 photos 11 comments
AlwaysInBeastMode GOLD, Suitland, Maryland
15 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

ZanibZulfiqar PLATINUM, West Chester, Ohio
20 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nonfiction
By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
12 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;

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By AlwaysInBeastMode GOLD
Suitland, Maryland
AlwaysInBeastMode GOLD, Suitland, Maryland
15 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven&#039;t found it yet, keep looking. Don&#039;t settle.

Nonfiction
By EllenMC GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
EllenMC GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
12 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;

Nonfiction
By Melanie Smith BRONZE
Guilford, Vermont
Melanie Smith BRONZE, Guilford, Vermont
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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shallyisshally SILVER, Savannah, Georgia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If God&#039;s the games that you are playing then we must get more acquainted, because it has to be so lonely to be the only one who&#039;s holy.&quot;

Nonfiction
By Emotsye PLATINUM
Syracuse, New York
Emotsye PLATINUM, Syracuse, New York
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment