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By thepaperinventory PLATINUM
Saratoga, California

i. in a city of brine and tarnished anchors sits a boy’s features, scorn-muddled. and stapled to untouched slabs of cobalt, I watch from the riverbank as...
thepaperinventory PLATINUM, Saratoga, California
22 articles 0 photos 8 comments

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By Beaniebaby123 PLATINUM
Cedar Park, Texas
Beaniebaby123 PLATINUM, Cedar Park, Texas
38 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Give a man a fish he eats for day, teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime."

jollygreengiant47 BRONZE, Clovis, California
4 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
Gross! -Napoleon Dynamite<br /> <br /> And I&#039;m Judy!!-Judy from the Finger legs

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By winny_addams PLATINUM
Menomonie, Wisconsin
winny_addams PLATINUM, Menomonie, Wisconsin
47 articles 0 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never judge a book you've never read!

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By SarahHarmon GOLD
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
SarahHarmon GOLD, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
11 articles 1 photo 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I have learned that people will forget what you did, people will forget what you said, but people will never forget how you made them feel.&quot; ~Maya Angelou

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By onegirlandapen PLATINUM
Madera, California
onegirlandapen PLATINUM, Madera, California
49 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.&quot; Jeremiah 29:11

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By Vavapoetry GOLD
Salt Lake City, Utah
Vavapoetry GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
11 articles 13 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Once social justice begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. And you cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.&quot; -Cesar Chavez

waterbaby BRONZE, Irvine, California
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Salt water cures everything: sweat, tears, and the sea.&quot;

StarGazer9 GOLD, Marana, Arizona
19 articles 0 photos 79 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.&quot;

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By Bazzaro127 GOLD
Kentwood, Michigan
Bazzaro127 GOLD, Kentwood, Michigan
13 articles 2 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome