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By aphilly DIAMOND
St. Paul Park, Minnesota

The thing that makes the biggest difference in everyone's life is passion. Passion is the drive for everything you do. Without the passion to make music you wouldn't pl...
aphilly DIAMOND, St. Paul Park, Minnesota
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"Have you ever once in your life reached out to touch infinity?" -Ellen Hopkins


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By Devin Donahue BRONZE
Spring Valley, Illinois
Devin Donahue BRONZE, Spring Valley, Illinois
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By Rigel GOLD
St. Louis, Missouri
Rigel GOLD, St. Louis, Missouri
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I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it- Marilyn Monroe

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By Rebecca Schoolcraft SILVER
Lyndonviile, New York
Rebecca Schoolcraft SILVER, Lyndonviile, New York
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By NatashaR PLATINUM
Lambert, Mississippi
NatashaR PLATINUM, Lambert, Mississippi
21 articles 1 photo 2 comments

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''You Need Help.''

Noctiluca GOLD, Hyderabad, Other
10 articles 1 photo 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"While some seek to find themselves, I shall seek to create myself."

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By KatherineKrane PLATINUM
San Diego, California
KatherineKrane PLATINUM, San Diego, California
22 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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"I don't want to be a coward. It's not a very nice thing to be." - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

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By chrisoulakat PLATINUM
Tinley Park, Illinois
chrisoulakat PLATINUM, Tinley Park, Illinois
48 articles 10 photos 24 comments

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"Stop waiting and be free. Of me- put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live. Love the world and yourself in it, move through it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element." -The Time Traveler's Wife