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By Babygirl809 SILVER
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

I was on cnn.com something that I don't do often when I came across a article on the combat who refused to be deployed. At first I was thinking okay so maybe he has family iss...
Babygirl809 SILVER, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
8 articles 3 photos 19 comments

LightMeUpTheStars BRONZE, Middletwown, Pennsylvania
2 articles 5 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."
"Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade."

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Mickee BRONZE, Yorktown Heights, New York
4 articles 1 photo 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Erica Albright (Rooney Mara): "You are going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know from the bottom of my heart that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try, but there's no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing. Did I adequately answer your condescending question?

"You're not the same as you were before, You were much more...muchier...you've lost your muchness."
I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.

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By MYARNA BRONZE
Autryville, North Carolina
MYARNA BRONZE, Autryville, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I picked you a flower, but it was a venus fly trap, and it bit my head, so I got you this piece of grass instead.-Pon and Zi

AbbyJune SILVER, Katy, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Life is whats happening while your busy makeing other plans-John Lennon

theatercamper112 SILVER, Lemont, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do what you want to not what anyone else tells you to.

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By PenguinFeet GOLD
Bellevue, Washington
PenguinFeet GOLD, Bellevue, Washington
19 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Yeah, well, who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?" - Dulcie, in Libba Bray's Going Bovine

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By lisa_czech BRONZE
Braintree, Massachusetts
lisa_czech BRONZE, Braintree, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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 shakesbeer GOLD
Middletown, Connecticut
shakesbeer GOLD, Middletown, Connecticut
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
i rather die on my feet than live on my knees