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By Adilahz GOLD
Selangor, Other

I witnessed an ugly incident after school yesterday while waiting for my mother to pick up. I noticed that there was an unusual traffic congestion at the pick-up area. Upon furt...
Adilahz GOLD, Selangor, Other
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By jmgbu BRONZE
Stony Brook, New York
jmgbu BRONZE, Stony Brook, New York
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By Kaz SILVER
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Kaz SILVER, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might dream along with you, and in this way memory, imagination, and language combine to make spirits in the head.<br /> --Tim O'Brien

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#136 College Guide
By RantinBlanton_ BRONZE
Nicholasville, Kentucky
RantinBlanton_ BRONZE, Nicholasville, Kentucky
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The best among us will learn from the mistakes of the past, while the rest of us are doomed to repeat them.

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By Anonymous
#138 College Guide
Meredith Ketzler BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
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abigaylerose93 BRONZE, Arvada, Colorado
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I believe to succeed is to cry and laugh, love and learn, but to do it giving it all you have.

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By SydneyEstherThier SILVER
Harrisonburg, Virginia
SydneyEstherThier SILVER, Harrisonburg, Virginia
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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There is nothing to writing. You sit down at a typewriter and bleed.