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By PrincessLena ELITE
Orlando, Florida

Why can't you just be real? Quit the lying and just breathe. I'm sick of getting empty answers, and tring to understand your words. Just cut it out, 'cause &quo...
PrincessLena ELITE, Orlando, Florida
116 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be" - Kurt Vonnegut


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By samuel davi BRONZE
Oak Park, Michigan
samuel davi BRONZE, Oak Park, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By lost_and_free GOLD
Rancho Mirage, California
lost_and_free GOLD, Rancho Mirage, California
18 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"'But man is not made for defeat... A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.'" - Ernest Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea)

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By OliviaL123 BRONZE
Daly City, California
OliviaL123 BRONZE, Daly City, California
1 article 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.”

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By Anonymous
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By mitter5 SILVER
Nashotah, Wisconsin
mitter5 SILVER, Nashotah, Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without business, without diversion, without study. He then feels his nothingness, his forlornness, his insufficiency, his dependence, his weakness, his emptiness. There will immediately rise from the depth of his heart weariness, gloom, sadness, fretfulness, vexation, despair.<br /> Blaise Pascal

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By WritingAllDay GOLD
Fountain, Colorado
WritingAllDay GOLD, Fountain, Colorado
11 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Turn correct side to enemy&quot; - M72 Law Instructions

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By music_man748 PLATINUM
Monett, Missouri
music_man748 PLATINUM, Monett, Missouri
45 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To fully understand living, we must first live in full understanding.&quot; J-Moore

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By Doronte Burt BRONZE
Oak Park, Michigan
Doronte Burt BRONZE, Oak Park, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By katieyoung18 PLATINUM
Scottsboro, Alabama
katieyoung18 PLATINUM, Scottsboro, Alabama
33 articles 55 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
dont let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.