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By KirstynAlexandra PLATINUM
Baltimore, Maryland

As you know, the topic of illegal immigration is confusing. There are 2 completely different viewpoints of illegal immigration which I feel is necessary to discuss. For as long...
KirstynAlexandra PLATINUM, Baltimore, Maryland
24 articles 0 photos 71 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;I\&#039;m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can\&#039;t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don\&#039;t deserve me at my best.\&quot;<br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe<br /> <br /> Imagination is more important than knowledge...<br /> Albert Einstein


Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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By Krikette BRONZE
Sunnyvale, California
Krikette BRONZE, Sunnyvale, California
3 articles 0 photos 22 comments
Opinion
By SKSK1214 BRONZE
Davie, Florida
SKSK1214 BRONZE, Davie, Florida
1 article 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;And suddenly we see that love costs all we have and will ever be. Yet its only love which sets us free.&quot;, &amp; &quot;If we don&#039;t believe theres reason for living then we&#039;ll never know.&quot;

Opinion
By dREAbEARlOVE BRONZE
Fresno, California
dREAbEARlOVE BRONZE, Fresno, California
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Small Minds Talk About People. Ordinary Minds Talk About Things. &amp; Great Minds Talk About Ideas.&quot; i La ` hve This Quote &lt;3

PaolaC. PLATINUM, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
21 articles 3 photos 41 comments
hanbanann4501 GOLD, Wakeman, Ohio
16 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
laugh with friends, love with all of your heart and live life to the fullest. You never know when your first chance could be your last to make mistakes.

WickedStarcatcher DIAMOND, Massapequa, New York
67 articles 1 photo 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I don&#039;t damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.&quot; <br /> &mdash; James Patterson<br /> &quot;This is the very first page, not where the storyline ends, my thoughts will echo your name until I see you again...&quot; ~Taylor Swift &quot;Enchanted&quot;