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By andsoiwrite SILVER
LA, California

I stay awake all night, as the sun finally goes to bed. The moon greets me like an old friend, but I know there is a side to him I can't see. So I walk into his house bli...
andsoiwrite SILVER, LA, California
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed


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By LotusChild PLATINUM
Raleigh, North Carolina
LotusChild PLATINUM, Raleigh, North Carolina
32 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let them hate, so long as they fear me" ~Colligula

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By KayRae GOLD
Arlington Hts, Illinois
KayRae GOLD, Arlington Hts, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

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.

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By KayRae GOLD
Arlington Hts, Illinois
KayRae GOLD, Arlington Hts, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

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.

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By 15corsackl SILVER
Gilford, New Hampshire
15corsackl SILVER, Gilford, New Hampshire
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Talent will get you in the door. But character will keep you in the room.

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By V.Schwartz SILVER
Tomahawk, Wisconsin
V.Schwartz SILVER, Tomahawk, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Poetry
By SreejaKrishnamari BRONZE
Secunderabad, Other
SreejaKrishnamari BRONZE, Secunderabad, Other
2 articles 28 photos 10 comments
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By Amara-rose GOLD
Pendleton, Indiana
Amara-rose GOLD, Pendleton, Indiana
16 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Let go and live.

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By SophieFloph PLATINUM
Seattle, Washington
SophieFloph PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
21 articles 3 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Her stomach did a revengeful flop."

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By joebro SILVER
Compton, California
joebro SILVER, Compton, California
9 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dreams are like a box of chocolates, if you hold on and think about them for to long it will all start to melt away.