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By EricaLynnMarie BRONZE
Centerton, Arkansas

We are all born of broken me; derived from either the joys or mistakes of man. Born for the rebirth, or the new generation of mankind, ‘built’ to continue in this world what was st...
EricaLynnMarie BRONZE, Centerton, Arkansas
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"Happiness isn't an act of the mind, or the works of the outside world, but rather the makings of ones own self" -Me!


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By andie520 SILVER
Westminster, Colorado
andie520 SILVER, Westminster, Colorado
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&quot;Anderson, don&#039;t talk outloud. You&#039;re lowering the IQ of the entire block.&quot;<br /> -Sherlock

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By Floresh16 BRONZE
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Floresh16 BRONZE, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
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By esperaniz BRONZE
Ridgefield, Connecticut
esperaniz BRONZE, Ridgefield, Connecticut
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westinbrockstudent BRONZE, Roanoake, Texas
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By kateknopp BRONZE
Carmel, Indiana
kateknopp BRONZE, Carmel, Indiana
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&quot;Trade your guns and fire with doves; we fight for love, and peace will find us with harmony.&quot; -Christofer Drew<br /> <br /> &quot;Sometimes you&#039;ve gotta fall before you fly.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.&quot; -Oscar Wilde

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KandiceMichelle PLATINUM, Stansonburg, North Carolina
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&quot;Yet God has made everything BEAUTIFUL for its own time. He has planted ETERNITY in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God&#039;s work from beginning to end.&quot; -Ecclesiastes 3:11

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