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#23821voted by our readers
By KateKlosterman SILVER
Wyndmere, North Dakota

I don’t wish for a perfect life. I neither own nor desire a perfect life. I know I will not receive everything I want. I know every decision I choose will not result in success. Ev...
KateKlosterman SILVER, Wyndmere, North Dakota
9 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be impossible because impossible just means I'm possible.


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By AriannaNicole PLATINUM
Palmyra, Missouri
AriannaNicole PLATINUM, Palmyra, Missouri
49 articles 0 photos 46 comments

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A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. <br /> Joyce A. Myers

#23823 Nonfiction
Tray96 BRONZE, Milton, Kentucky
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.&quot; -Unknown

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By Bad-Magnalities BRONZE
Maryland Heights, Missouri
Bad-Magnalities BRONZE, Maryland Heights, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By Hockey26 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Hockey26 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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unknownheart GOLD, Memphis, Tennessee
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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LIFE IS LIKE A COIN YOU CAN ONLY SPEND IT ONCE SO MAKE WISE CHOICES....

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omanallison BRONZE, Amery, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By klace SILVER
Lambertville, Michigan
klace SILVER, Lambertville, Michigan
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven&rsquo;t the faintest idea. That&rsquo;s why you&rsquo;re writing the book, it seems to me, to find out. To me, it&rsquo;s a journey. It&rsquo;s an adventure. It&rsquo;s traveling in a country you&rsquo;ve never been in and everything is going to be new, and because of that, vivid. And don&rsquo;t make up your mind too soon. Let it be an experience.&rdquo; &mdash;David McCullough