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By jiggly SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin

I start to fall. I hear the screaming of the crowd to the right of me. I start to move faster and faster and am beating the cars to both sides of me. Then, the steep part of the...
jiggly SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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#1852 College Guide
Porcellina SILVER, Oxford, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one.... Humans are caught -- in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil... There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well -- or ill?

#1853 College Guide
By bluestar1692 BRONZE
Lady Lake, Florida
bluestar1692 BRONZE, Lady Lake, Florida
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" Responsibility is greater than life!"

#1854 College Guide
By PhantomofBroadway GOLD
Cumberland, Rhode Island
PhantomofBroadway GOLD, Cumberland, Rhode Island
14 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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I may be small, but I&#039;ve got giant plans to shine as brightly as the sun. -Astonishing, Little Women the Musical<br /> It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. -Macbeth

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By Reesewa8 BRONZE
Temperance, Michigan
Reesewa8 BRONZE, Temperance, Michigan
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By Jared Bostrom BRONZE
Nashotah, Wisconsin
Jared Bostrom BRONZE, Nashotah, Wisconsin
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#1859 College Guide
XOLyssamarieXD PLATINUM, Bellingham, Massachusetts
27 articles 0 photos 8 comments

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&quot;Be not deceived if I have veiled my look I turn the trouble of my countenance merely upon myself&quot;

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By Zozo BRONZE
South Brunswick, New Jersey
Zozo BRONZE, South Brunswick, New Jersey
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"You can work your way to the top<br /> Just know that there's up and downs and there's drops<br /> Unfollow fear and just say, 'You are blocked'<br /> Just know there is so much room at the top"