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#831voted by our readers
By Charlie Link BRONZE
Cottage Grove, Minnesota

Have you ever been in a place so dirty you couldn’t breathe? A place where a sneeze could kick up a huge cloud of dirt and dust? Has it ever been your job to clean such a disgustin...
Charlie Link BRONZE, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
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#832 Nonfiction
By italygurl98 GOLD
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
italygurl98 GOLD, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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midnightmetanoia PLATINUM, Gaithersburg, Maryland
39 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Soon madness has worn you down. It&rsquo;s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says you&rsquo;re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marya Hornbacher

#834 Nonfiction
Amanda Lee BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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#835 Nonfiction
Coffee MAG
By Sundance PLATINUM
Northampton, Massachusetts
Sundance PLATINUM, Northampton, Massachusetts
24 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
All the world&#039;s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.<br /> -Shakespeare

#836 Nonfiction
By XIUYUAN BRONZE
Suzhou, Other
XIUYUAN BRONZE, Suzhou, Other
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#837 Nonfiction
By arvaa BRONZE
Mississauga, Other
arvaa BRONZE, Mississauga, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#838 Nonfiction
My
By julianna0521 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
julianna0521 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#839 Nonfiction
By player-3 BRONZE
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
player-3 BRONZE, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#840 Nonfiction
By thewriteidea DIAMOND
Pleasanton, California
thewriteidea DIAMOND, Pleasanton, California
67 articles 0 photos 336 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry that it&#039;s over, smile because it has happened.&quot;