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By littlemsawkward ELITE
Holbrook, Massachusetts

What is arrogance? Being pompous in front of your fellow man. Being obnoxious in order to impress those around you (you know, the ones who really don't matter because they r...
littlemsawkward ELITE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
119 articles 7 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To be great is to be misunderstood." ((Ralph Waldo Emerson))


Bella-Faye GOLD, Oxford, Massachusetts
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:<br /> This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don&#039;t fit your idea of who I should be and don&#039;t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.<br /> When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.&rdquo;

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By hbeats4u2 SILVER
MPLS, Minnesota
hbeats4u2 SILVER, MPLS, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
My personal favorite quote would have to be; &quot;Don&#039;t judge a book by its cover.&quot;

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By miasophia35 BRONZE
Sheffield, Illinois
miasophia35 BRONZE, Sheffield, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;People are only as happy as they make up their mind to be.&quot;-Abraham Lincoln

InkBlogger SILVER, Ruston, Louisiana
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less?&quot; - Henry David Thoreau, Walden<br /> <br /> &quot;A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.&quot; - Charles Darwin

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By blablahblog SILVER
Gold River, California
blablahblog SILVER, Gold River, California
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By hot10 BRONZE
Union City, Indiana
hot10 BRONZE, Union City, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
life is tough get used to it

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By Buttuns BRONZE
Phoenix, Arizona
Buttuns BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Smoking the herb reveals you to yourself.

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By jessie-w GOLD
Winnemucca, Nevada
jessie-w GOLD, Winnemucca, Nevada
16 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
To lose is inconceivable. Everyone wins in some way. You just have to push forward and leave the wreckage behind.

emmatheballerina GOLD, Tacoma, Washington
14 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is not in our greatest glory in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall&quot;<br /> &quot;I use to want the words &quot;she tried&quot; on my tombstone, now I want &quot;she did it&quot;