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By VandaNoon PLATINUM
West Pittston, Pennsylvania

Everyone, it seems, defines themselves by a political or historical moment of some sort at least once in their lives. Some whisper about exactly where they were when Kennedy was as...
VandaNoon PLATINUM, West Pittston, Pennsylvania
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what i can remember<br /> is a lot like water<br /> trickling down a page<br /> of the most beautiful colors<br /> -Marie Digby &#039;Unfold&#039;


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By Jasmine Sawyer BRONZE
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Jasmine Sawyer BRONZE, Stone Mountain, Georgia
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StevenH1028 SILVER, Fort Worth, Texas
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&quot;I promise not to make age an issue in this campaign. I will not make an issue out of my opponent&#039;s youth and inexperience.&quot;-Ronald Reagan

LegendKeeper DIAMOND, Unadilla, New York
60 articles 2 photos 48 comments

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&quot;What is impossible with man is possible with God.&quot; Luke 18:27

Ellie.Travis SILVER, Juneau, Alaska
5 articles 2 photos 6 comments

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&quot;We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.&quot; ~Martin Luther King, Jr. &quot;I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.&quot; ~Nathan Hale

smalltownshorty BRONZE, Amana, Iowa
2 articles 0 photos 15 comments

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There is something I don&#039;t know<br /> That I am supposed to know.<br /> I don&#039;t know what it is I don&#039;t know,<br /> And yet am supposed to know,<br /> And I feel I look stupid<br /> If I seem both not to know<br /> And not to know what it is I don&#039;t know.<br /> <br /> Therefore, I pretend I know it.<br /> This is nerve-wracking<br /> Since I don&#039;t know what I must pretend<br /> To know.<br /> <br /> Therefore, I pretend to know everything.<br /> <br /> I feel you know what I am supposed to know<br /> But you can&#039;t tell me what it is<br /> Because you don&#039;t know what I don&#039;t know<br /> What it is.<br /> <br /> You may know what I don&#039;t know, but not<br /> That I don&#039;t know it.<br /> And I can&#039;t tell you. So you will have<br /> To tell me everything.<br /> <br /> - R. D. Lang in Knots

Anon Anon BRONZE, Burr Ridge, Illinois
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kburt94 BRONZE, Houston, Texas
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YourFuturePresident PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
28 articles 3 photos 15 comments

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"Never stop believing that fighting for what's right is worth it." - Hillary Clinton

ScarletIce4695 GOLD, Karachi, Other
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