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#151voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Us girls often have late nights where we stay up with mascara running down our face because we let the expectations of society get to us. We then want someone to notice that someth...

#152 Opinion
DolphinGirl1 GOLD, Sussex, Wisconsin
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#154 Opinion
By helloaugust17 BRONZE
Cumberland, Rhode Island
helloaugust17 BRONZE, Cumberland, Rhode Island
1 article 5 photos 0 comments
#155 Opinion
By JacqueleenDubois PLATINUM
Levittown, Pennsylvania
JacqueleenDubois PLATINUM, Levittown, Pennsylvania
24 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Of all the words of Mice and Men, the saddest are what could have been."- Kurt Vonnegut

kutech BRONZE, El Dorado, Kansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#157 Opinion
CanaBean PLATINUM, Houston, Texas
32 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Give a beggar a million dollars and he'll use it for food, but what happens after he's full...

#158 Opinion
lizzie225402 BRONZE, Merrimack, New Hampshire
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#159 Opinion
By The_Doctor GOLD
Canon City, Colorado
The_Doctor GOLD, Canon City, Colorado
17 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. ”

#160 Opinion
By Skybon SILVER
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Skybon SILVER, Chevy Chase, Maryland
6 articles 3 photos 0 comments