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By mattie_rawr BRONZE
La Habra, California

August 14, 2015 was the day that basically changed my way of thinking and my way of being forever.   The crying sound of my on-going alarm woke me up as the sun was...
mattie_rawr BRONZE, La Habra, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#23072 Nonfiction
By mdoering PLATINUM
Phoenix, Arizona
mdoering PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
39 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It&#039;s like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that&#039;s the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you&#039;re an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.&rdquo; <br /> ― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

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#23074 Nonfiction
By BossTy BRONZE
San Francisco, California
BossTy BRONZE, San Francisco, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
GO HARD OR GO HOME

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By Anonymous
#23077 Nonfiction
By JThorne SILVER
Hemet, California
JThorne SILVER, Hemet, California
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#23078 Nonfiction
By Cutey-Beauty SILVER
Ulaanbaator, Other
Cutey-Beauty SILVER, Ulaanbaator, Other
6 articles 0 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
Soli Deo Gloria.

#23079 Nonfiction
By ScreenName2014 GOLD
West Chester, Ohio
ScreenName2014 GOLD, West Chester, Ohio
17 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. And do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering. - Ida Scott Taylor

#23080 Nonfiction
By EmilyMichelle PLATINUM
Manassas, Virginia
EmilyMichelle PLATINUM, Manassas, Virginia
33 articles 4 photos 90 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our truest responsibility to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find the truth.&quot;<br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle