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#139691voted by our readers
By E.L.W. PLATINUM
Glen Allen, Virginia

Seriously. In your blue-collared shirt, and white-collared job, restrained in your cubicle, imprisoned, death behind office walls. Meeting after meeting, what a bore, pasty...
E.L.W. PLATINUM, Glen Allen, Virginia
31 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
Here&#039;s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.<br /> The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes - <br /> the ones who see things differently.<br /> They&#039;re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. <br /> They push the human race forward.


#139692 Poetry
By xochitl14 SILVER
Passaic, New Jersey
xochitl14 SILVER, Passaic, New Jersey
9 articles 13 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves....Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.\&quot;-Vittoria Vetra, Angels and Demons

#139693 Poetry
By Anonymous
#139694 Poetry
By RyanJ BRONZE
La Habra, California
RyanJ BRONZE, La Habra, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#139695 Poetry
gbrowne GOLD, Encino, California
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are all that we are.&quot;

#139696 Poetry
By hyacinth-girl GOLD
Marlborough, Massachusetts
hyacinth-girl GOLD, Marlborough, Massachusetts
15 articles 13 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
‘My candle burns at both ends;<br /> It will not last the night;<br /> But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—<br /> It gives a lovely light!’<br /> -Edna St. Vincent Millay

#139697 Poetry
By Anonymous
#139698 Poetry
By Henry SILVER
Springfield, Missouri
Henry SILVER, Springfield, Missouri
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#139699 Poetry
StartlingThing GOLD, Gresham, Oregon
13 articles 11 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The difference between the right word and the right word is like the difference between lightening bug and lightening&quot; -Mark Twain

#139700 Poetry
By Natherine PLATINUM
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Natherine PLATINUM, Lawrence, Massachusetts
33 articles 4 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;everything happens for a a reason &quot;