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By Allison Estabrook BRONZE
Hermiston, Oregon

No, the worst word in the dictionary. It's the word your parents, teachers, and friends always say, but you never want to hear. You associate it with freedom and privileges, b...
Allison Estabrook BRONZE, Hermiston, Oregon
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Roman_Wick SILVER, Tumwater, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt

#813 Opinion
Macrina BRONZE, Melbourne, Florida
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#814 Opinion
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caylayounger BRONZE, Scottsdale, Arizona
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#817 Opinion
By Chloe_Is_Tay BRONZE
Bellingham, Washington
Chloe_Is_Tay BRONZE, Bellingham, Washington
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#818 Opinion
Cole McCue BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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By 27ds02 BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
27ds02 BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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#820 Opinion
By darby15 SILVER
Detroit, Michigan
darby15 SILVER, Detroit, Michigan
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