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Gay Marriage
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey

Gay rights is an immense issue for people in these times. But is it really that difficult to decide? For starters, speaking in terms of America, the U.S government shouldn&rsquo...
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.

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#1622 Hot Topics
All The Politicians
By Anonymous
#1623 Hot Topics
so full of fear
By Anonymous
#1624 Hot Topics
What do I hope to find over the rainbow...
By Viola.B. SILVER
Ashgabat, Other
Viola.B. SILVER, Ashgabat, Other
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Joseph Gampbell

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#1625 Hot Topics
Dark Words
By krysten SILVER
Weiser, Idaho
krysten SILVER, Weiser, Idaho
9 articles 0 photos 47 comments

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Smile now or smile later, but remember the pain you hide, will only grow greater.<br /> *krysten*

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#1626 Hot Topics
Human Trafficking In Ohio
By MakennaMoses BRONZE
Ludlow, Kentucky
MakennaMoses BRONZE, Ludlow, Kentucky
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments
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#1627 Hot Topics
I've Got Something to Say
By MaryTD PLATINUM
Burns, Oregon
MaryTD PLATINUM, Burns, Oregon
42 articles 68 photos 105 comments

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&quot;To be great you must first be good.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m not going to stay dead the rest of my life!&quot; - Theo in The Kestrel

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#1628 Hot Topics
Strap On a Helmet
By Anonymous
#1629 Hot Topics
What is Love?
By volleyballfreak BRONZE
Marengo, Iowa
volleyballfreak BRONZE, Marengo, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#1630 Hot Topics
How I See It
By Anonymous