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By Dancing.In.Magic BRONZE
Bloomington, Illinois

The reason Earth is different from all the other planets in the universe is because of you and me. At first, we were living in caves, then came the ice age, then the meltdown...
Dancing.In.Magic BRONZE, Bloomington, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#14412 Hot Topics
By dwoobs SILVER
Overland Park, Kansas
dwoobs SILVER, Overland Park, Kansas
5 articles 2 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." Ernest Hemingway

#14413 Hot Topics
By O.O.G BRONZE
Washington, District Of Columbia
O.O.G BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#14414 Hot Topics
Grandma MAG
By Elaisa GOLD
Moses Lake, Washington
Elaisa GOLD, Moses Lake, Washington
19 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Try a little harder to be a little better

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#14416 Hot Topics
misslunalovegood GOLD, Manila, Other
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
One broken dream is not the end of dreaming.

#14417 Hot Topics
By AlyssaRose GOLD
Jackson, New Jersey
AlyssaRose GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
11 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love." - Nicholas Sparks

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By Anonymous
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By CarrieAnn13 GOLD
Goodsoil, Other
CarrieAnn13 GOLD, Goodsoil, Other
12 articles 10 photos 1646 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.&quot; --Douglas Adams<br /> <br /> &quot;The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.&quot; --Marcus Aurelius

#14420 Hot Topics
By AsIAm PLATINUM
Somewhere, North Carolina
AsIAm PLATINUM, Somewhere, North Carolina
48 articles 3 photos 606 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. (Generally those who don&#039;t have to do it. Politicians and writers spring to mind.) I&#039;ve never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you&#039;re also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.&quot; &mdash; Jonathan Stroud (Ptolemy&#039;s Gate)