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By franciscoseambelar SILVER
Buenos Aires, Other

KAMPALA A Child in the Pearl of Africa You might think Africa is a wild place, filled with forests and blood-thirsty lions roaming around every corner. That there are spear men...
franciscoseambelar SILVER, Buenos Aires, Other
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never apologize, never explain.


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By Mary Tengroth BRONZE
Fall Branch, Tennessee
Mary Tengroth BRONZE, Fall Branch, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By soccerstar510 BRONZE
Stowe, Pennsylvania
soccerstar510 BRONZE, Stowe, Pennsylvania
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__domogenius BRONZE, Houston, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
-"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." George Bernard Shaw

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By againstallodds GOLD
Lancaster, South Carolina
againstallodds GOLD, Lancaster, South Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Love is an option.

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By heavyheart SILVER
Winter Haven, Florida
heavyheart SILVER, Winter Haven, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that - I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much - so very much to learn."

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By xobellaboo7 BRONZE
Madison, Connecticut
xobellaboo7 BRONZE, Madison, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
To Those Who Will See, The World Awaits.

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Bloodprints GOLD, Bay Area, California
14 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you speak to a man in a language he understands, it will go to his head. But if you speak to a man in his language, it will go to his heart.

my.freedom.lies.in.free.verse PLATINUM, Tosa, Wisconsin
24 articles 0 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into a void, and that oblivion is inevitable... and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you." Augustus Waters

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By TheAwesomeJeanine GOLD
Phoenix, Arizona
TheAwesomeJeanine GOLD, Phoenix, Arizona
13 articles 6 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover", "A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."