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By alh__ BRONZE
Newport News, Virginia

The most staggeringly slow moments take place when you're in high school. Teachers drone, time drags on, and your head spins from the constant input of information you've...
alh__ BRONZE, Newport News, Virginia
4 articles 2 photos 3 comments

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Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?<br /> <br /> I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.


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By NickG3 BRONZE
Newport News, Virginia
NickG3 BRONZE, Newport News, Virginia
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YoshiVisa GOLD, Plainsboro, New Jersey
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#8945 Nonfiction
By Kimplace BRONZE
Sacramento, California
Kimplace BRONZE, Sacramento, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” - Marilyn Monroe<br /> <br /> “Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with what you have. Start and don’t stop you can do it.” -I don’t know who it I found it on Instagram and it stuck to me.

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By lvarhol16 GOLD
Nashotah, Wisconsin
lvarhol16 GOLD, Nashotah, Wisconsin
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By ahshockey2208 BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
ahshockey2208 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
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By zdjamiso BRONZE
Horsham, Pennsylvania
zdjamiso BRONZE, Horsham, Pennsylvania
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#8949 Nonfiction
By ZydecoVivo PLATINUM
Concord, North Carolina
ZydecoVivo PLATINUM, Concord, North Carolina
38 articles 1 photo 7 comments

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&quot;I reject your reallity and substitute my own&quot;- Adam Savage<br /> &quot;Words have no power to impress without the exquisite horror of their reality.&quot;-Edgar Allen Poe<br /> &quot;It&#039;s not that the questions were too hard, it&#039;s that they were too easy.&quot;-Ayn Rand

#8950 Nonfiction
By Amuhammd SILVER
Austell, Georgia
Amuhammd SILVER, Austell, Georgia
8 articles 0 photos 8 comments

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CURIOUSITY KILLED THE CAT!!!