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By CynthiaLynnILY PLATINUM
Moore, Oklahoma

When it comes to donations in the United States, we always think of Africa,Mexico,or Haiti. Sometimes we forget that the United States still has poor places, people starve here, al...
CynthiaLynnILY PLATINUM, Moore, Oklahoma
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By Anonymous
Urbs2013 BRONZE, Not Listed, New York
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&quot;The tao that can be told<br /> is not the eternal Tao<br /> The name that can be named<br /> is not the eternal Name.<br /> <br /> The unnamable is the eternally real.<br /> Naming is the origin<br /> of all particular things.&quot;

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LBailey BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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By Krystle PLATINUM
Cape Coral, Florida
Krystle PLATINUM, Cape Coral, Florida
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Skokie, Illinois
LaurenHankes BRONZE, Skokie, Illinois
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By strawberry23 BRONZE
Kingston, Washington
strawberry23 BRONZE, Kingston, Washington
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Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
22 articles 1 photo 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there&#039;s a tomorrow. Maybe for you there&#039;s one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.<br /> But for some of us there&#039;s only today. And the truth is, you never really know.&rdquo; <br /> ― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

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By Anonymous