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By CarlyDudek PLATINUM
Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Being me. Some might say it isn't hard, but that is where they are wrong. It isn't as easy as it sounds to be yourself. It isn't easy to be in your own shoes. So...
CarlyDudek PLATINUM, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
42 articles 0 photos 8 comments

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Love is when your heart stop beating because of the electric shock you get from a simple smile. Love is no consequences, love is not caring what people think, love is feeling alive and living for him/her, love is when you kno your complete


#33062 Nonfiction
Katie_Potatie PLATINUM, Leavenworth, Kansas
36 articles 1 photo 30 comments

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There are no regrets in my life; because there is no time for mistakes. -(ME) Katie quote

#33063 Nonfiction
By Waistband GOLD
Hudson Falls, New York
Waistband GOLD, Hudson Falls, New York
15 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong." Robin Williams

#33064 Nonfiction
ahheredia GOLD, Mexico City, Other
10 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Forever is composed of nows. -Emily Dickinson

#33065 Nonfiction
By Isabelle Jeng SILVER
Warren, New Jersey
Isabelle Jeng SILVER, Warren, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#33066 Nonfiction
By irenerose PLATINUM
Lawton, Oklahoma
irenerose PLATINUM, Lawton, Oklahoma
47 articles 1 photo 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King Jr.

#33067 Nonfiction
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By nswamy13 BRONZE
Shelton, Connecticut
nswamy13 BRONZE, Shelton, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.<br /> <br /> Mahatma Gandhi

#33068 Nonfiction
By serendipitous615 PLATINUM
Frederick, Maryland
serendipitous615 PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
32 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do you want to know the secret of self esteem? Here it is: If you want confidence, then understand how much you matter to God. If God loves you, who cares what anybody else thinks.&quot;

#33069 Nonfiction
Skinniminnie SILVER, Roanoke, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
we read to know were not alone

#33070 Nonfiction
CubeMaSTeRCOMMANDEROFTRUMPET BRONZE, Leroy, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s not the mountain that slows you down it the grain of sand in your shoe