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By fofanidani PLATINUM
Hartland, Wisconsin

My life throughout the years has been influenced by my grandparents, extended family, friends, and most of all, my parents. I’ve lived with my parents for the 17 years that I have...
fofanidani PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
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By magathia18 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
magathia18 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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By jacked_up_sharpie GOLD
Fort Worth, Texas
jacked_up_sharpie GOLD, Fort Worth, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Talk when you are angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."

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By misgivingsandmisdeeds GOLD
Westfield, Massachusetts
misgivingsandmisdeeds GOLD, Westfield, Massachusetts
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I'll give you a window of opportunity to impress me. Hurry, this thing's closing fast.

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By Kaeya BRONZE
Oak Brook, Illinois
Kaeya BRONZE, Oak Brook, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.&quot;<br /> --Theodore Roosevelt

Stormyflight GOLD, Arlington, Ohio
16 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
I finally admited God was God<br /> -C.S Lewis<br /> Humans are amphibous. Our spirit makes us eternal while the animal binds us to time.<br /> -C.S Lewis

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By teen_helper1993 SILVER
Puyallup, Washington
teen_helper1993 SILVER, Puyallup, Washington
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The spoken/written word is the strongest art form there is&quot; Matt Siau (me)

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By cortniea.k.a.co-co BRONZE
Ypsilanti, Michigan
cortniea.k.a.co-co BRONZE, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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By alli-sun SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
alli-sun SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
9 articles 16 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All art is quite useless.&quot; -Oscar Wilde