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By musiclover97 GOLD
Elkins, West Virginia

I've come to love the burning in my stomach, I've come to love the hunger. "Just 5 more pounds." That's what I tell myself after I step off the scales,...
musiclover97 GOLD, Elkins, West Virginia
19 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew.&quot;<br /> &quot;Writing is art to the blind, music to the deaf, comfort to the broken, and emotions to the expressionless.&quot;


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Jozeebee GOLD, Mound, Minnesota
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By Nicole_The_Writer SILVER
Fresh Meadows, New York
Nicole_The_Writer SILVER, Fresh Meadows, New York
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you&#039;ll be criticized anyway.&quot; ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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By catattack BRONZE
Lima, New York
catattack BRONZE, Lima, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All that is gold does not glitter,<br /> Not all those who wander are lost;<br /> The old that is strong does not wither,<br /> Deep roots are not reached by the frost.&quot; -J.R.R Tolkien

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By Mandy Wenzara BRONZE
St.Peters, Missouri
Mandy Wenzara BRONZE, St.Peters, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Vanzetti BRONZE
Salem, Oregon
Vanzetti BRONZE, Salem, Oregon
3 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
If it had not been for these things, I might have lived out my life talking at street corners to scorning men. I might have died, unmarked, unknown, a failure. Now we are not a failure. This is our career and our triumph. Never in our full life could we hope to do such work for tolerance, for justice, for man&#039;s understanding of man as now we do by accident.<br /> ~Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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By Tpott29 SILVER
Sun City West, Arizona
Tpott29 SILVER, Sun City West, Arizona
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Alex_Storm SILVER, Logan, Utah
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Owenh45 BRONZE
Whitehall, Michigan
Owenh45 BRONZE, Whitehall, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By LauraMay DIAMOND
Argyle, New York
LauraMay DIAMOND, Argyle, New York
52 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are. Don&#039;t be anything less.<br /> Strength isn&#039;t just measured by how much pain you can take.