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#17421voted by our readers
By elsss BRONZE
Nashville, Tennessee

The waves crashing on the seashore distract my dad while I lift the oversized queen and heft it across the ten-foot chess board. With a heaping cone of mango ice cream in hand, he...
elsss BRONZE, Nashville, Tennessee
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#17422 Opinion
lenagurrl BRONZE, FRESNO, California
1 article 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nah" -Rosa Parks

#17423 Opinion
Laurenjudd BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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amandammoreira14 BRONZE, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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apnwahoowa SILVER, Chevy Chase, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
I swear -- by my life and my love of it -- that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

#17426 Opinion
Kathryn Hall BRONZE, Upton, Massachusetts
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CheerBabe BRONZE, Lexington, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; That is to have succeeded.<br /> - Ralph Waldo Emerson

#17428 Opinion
By RightfullyAWriter BRONZE
Mocksville, North Carolina
RightfullyAWriter BRONZE, Mocksville, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
Love is like a beautiful symphony; it begins with a crescendo, simply just to have our breath taken from us, until the last note at the end, which gently fades away out of our grasp, leaving us alone, chilled, and yearning for more.<br /> -Brianna Moore (me)

#17429 Opinion
ghettohippy SILVER, NEW CASTLE, Delaware
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#17430 Opinion
MA BRONZE, Midvale, Utah
4 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
If life shuts one door, open another, or you could open the closed door. That's how doors work.