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By itgetsmethrough BRONZE
Huntington, Indiana

I know your kind—you keep to yourself and do what you are told with your nose to the ground. They walk on you like a welcome mat, and you just brush the dirt aside. You are pushed...
itgetsmethrough BRONZE, Huntington, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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"If you do what you love, you never have to work a day in your life." Author Unknown


SnowFlakeStephyy SILVER, Bloomfield, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 6 comments
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By Aginger GOLD
Bingen, Washington
Aginger GOLD, Bingen, Washington
11 articles 0 photos 46 comments

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"Why are you so busy trying to fit in when you were born to stand out?"

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By Naerwen BRONZE
Manchester, Tennessee
Naerwen BRONZE, Manchester, Tennessee
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

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"There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all." -Oscar Wilde

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By sunnskigirl BRONZE
Kalispell, Montana
sunnskigirl BRONZE, Kalispell, Montana
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By k9luvr92 BRONZE
York, Pennsylvania
k9luvr92 BRONZE, York, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got.

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By Kaity-Bear95 GOLD
Cave Junction, Oregon
Kaity-Bear95 GOLD, Cave Junction, Oregon
12 articles 0 photos 8 comments

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Love me or hate me, you're still thinking about me.

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AlexHeller DIAMOND, San Mateo, California
60 articles 2 photos 16 comments

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Live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. -Mary Anne Rabmacher