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By Queen-of-Sarcasum13 DIAMOND
South Bellmore, New York

Beauty is found in your SCARS, in your SURVIVAL. Every time you face adversity and win, every time you defy the cultural standard of glittering falsehood, you shine just a little b...
Queen-of-Sarcasum13 DIAMOND, South Bellmore, New York
63 articles 0 photos 19 comments

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"Dance like no one's watching.Sing like no one's listening.Love like you've never been hurt. Live like its heaven on earth." -Mark Twain


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DreamToWrite BRONZE, Hadley, Pennsylvania
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Internal-Love PLATINUM, Queens, New York
33 articles 3 photos 310 comments

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Nothing&#039;s black or white, its all just a shade of gray---<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TI &quot;Live your Life&quot; ft Rihanna

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By onedirectionlover GOLD
Hampton, Virginia, Virginia
onedirectionlover GOLD, Hampton, Virginia, Virginia
16 articles 3 photos 37 comments
SuchALittleLady BRONZE, Barberton, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments
jdcoburn BRONZE, Newark, Delaware
2 articles 17 photos 2 comments

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If you want to achieve things in life, you&#039;ve just got to do them, and if you&#039;re talented and smart, you&#039;ll succeed.<br /> Juliana Hatfield

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By HowMayIHelp BRONZE
Woodland Hills, California
HowMayIHelp BRONZE, Woodland Hills, California
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

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Is kicking ass a job? Cause if it was I would totally apply!

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By CarolineF. DIAMOND
Yanceyville, North Carolina
CarolineF. DIAMOND, Yanceyville, North Carolina
54 articles 17 photos 26 comments

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\&quot;Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever par

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cortdb SILVER, Tallmadge, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 10 comments

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&quot;If someone is always on your mind, they&#039;re probably supposed to be there.&quot;

andrewkrugler BRONZE, Rogers, Arkansas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments