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#2001voted by our readers
By Watson, GOLD
Billings, Montana

I see girls with makeup wandering aimlessly, twirling their hair and smiling at the boys. I see boys with muscles and basketball shorts laughing at the pretty girls’ jokes and smil...
Watson, GOLD, Billings, Montana
18 articles 4 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)


#2002 Nonfiction
By MauriceHuff GOLD
Chesapeake, Virginia
MauriceHuff GOLD, Chesapeake, Virginia
12 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The darker the night, the brighter the stars,&quot; - Fyodor Dostoevsky<br /> &quot;When you learn, teach.&quot;- Maya Angelou

#2003 Nonfiction
By redball00n BRONZE
Monaca, Pennsylvania
redball00n BRONZE, Monaca, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and my finger&#039;s on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gunmetal.&quot;

#2004 Nonfiction
By Dhauser BRONZE
Park Ridge, Illinois
Dhauser BRONZE, Park Ridge, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2005 Nonfiction
mignights-latereminder BRONZE, Plano, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.

#2006 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#2007 Nonfiction
By laura179 BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
laura179 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2008 Nonfiction
Coraima Aguilar BRONZE, Irving, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2009 Nonfiction
By EternalTheEyes BRONZE
Sanford, North Carolina
EternalTheEyes BRONZE, Sanford, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.&quot; ~ Helen Keller

#2010 Nonfiction
By Anonymous