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By Alexandra_Jane BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota

The waltz emerged in the mid-eighteenth century, though it was not seen in ballrooms until the early nineteenth century. It was considered scandalous due to the closeness of...
Alexandra_Jane BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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By Dana16 BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Dana16 BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
2 articles 4 photos 2 comments
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By shaniab SILVER
Hawthorne, California
shaniab SILVER, Hawthorne, California
9 articles 0 photos 13 comments
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By purplepigsdx SILVER
Pleasure Island, New York
purplepigsdx SILVER, Pleasure Island, New York
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By Mrs.Lautner GOLD
Fife Lake, Michigan
Mrs.Lautner GOLD, Fife Lake, Michigan
17 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
someone asked me if i knew you <br /> i turned my head wiped my tears away <br /> and said no not anymore<br /> <br /> Gravitation isn&#039;t responsible for people falling in love.<br /> <br /> The hottest love has the coldest ending

Juless SILVER, New York City, New York
5 articles 7 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.&rdquo; - Laozi<br /> &quot;God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one; but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things.&quot;-Saint Augustine<br /> &quot;Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.&quot; - John F Kennedy

clumsy_one123 SILVER, Brentwood, Tennessee
8 articles 1 photo 170 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All daring starts from within.&quot; -Eudora Welty

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By the_Horsegirl SILVER
Minneapolis, Minnesota
the_Horsegirl SILVER, Minneapolis, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
People need dreams, there&#039;s as much nourishment in &#039;em as food. <br /> --Dorothy Gilman<br /> <br /> If there is such a thing as truth, it is as intricate and hidden as a crown of feathers.<br /> --Isaac Bashevis Singer

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By futurejournalist SILVER
Richland, Georgia
futurejournalist SILVER, Richland, Georgia
8 articles 4 photos 4 comments
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By sweetiecow BRONZE
Ramsey, New Jersey
sweetiecow BRONZE, Ramsey, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 10 comments