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#19131voted by our readers
By BraelynBailey BRONZE
Durham, Maine

I didn’t live a normal childhood. My experiences growing up taught me that the most important things in life are to appreciate what’s given to you and give back to t...
BraelynBailey BRONZE, Durham, Maine
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#19132 Nonfiction
By leahgeraldino SILVER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
leahgeraldino SILVER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
'what goes around comes around"

#19133 Nonfiction
By KayRae GOLD
Arlington Hts, Illinois
KayRae GOLD, Arlington Hts, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

#19134 Nonfiction
By Rhianna101 BRONZE
Olympia, Washington
Rhianna101 BRONZE, Olympia, Washington
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#19135 Nonfiction
By Ambria Momaney BRONZE
Dummerston, Vermont
Ambria Momaney BRONZE, Dummerston, Vermont
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#19136 Nonfiction
By Nina Lira BRONZE
Salem, New Hampshire
Nina Lira BRONZE, Salem, New Hampshire
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#19137 Nonfiction
By Jobbiewobbie BRONZE
Bremen, Indiana
Jobbiewobbie BRONZE, Bremen, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
'How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?'

#19138 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#19139 Nonfiction
By Jetly BRONZE
Sacramento, California
Jetly BRONZE, Sacramento, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#19140 Nonfiction
By matticus SILVER
Port St. Lucie, Florida
matticus SILVER, Port St. Lucie, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward."