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The Sacrifices of Memorial Day
By lionzfr18 GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Americans spend Memorial Day remembering those whose bodies were drenched in thick, inky red, and who made the ultimate sacrifice for the red white and blue. Despite the cookouts...
lionzfr18 GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Steps to Leading a Successful Life
By Sanam Prasla BRONZE
Sugarland, Texas
Sanam Prasla BRONZE, Sugarland, Texas
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'Manorexia'
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.

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Just Say Thanks
By mk_loveswriting BRONZE
Amery, Wisconsin
mk_loveswriting BRONZE, Amery, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You will succeed because other people are lazy" -unknown

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Things We Should Do More Often
By EmilyKarns BRONZE
Cincinnati, Ohio
EmilyKarns BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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You've Got Mail!
By TrishDestiny PLATINUM
Jerantut , Pahang, Other
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
45 articles 2 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When it&#039;s over, I want to say: all my life<br /> I was a bride married to amazement.<br /> I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. <br /> <br /> When it is over, I don&#039;t want to wonder<br /> if I have made of my life something particular, and real.<br /> I don&#039;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,<br /> or full of argument. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to end up simply having visited this world.&rdquo;

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Why I'm Proud To Be An American
By gracie1197 GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
gracie1197 GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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The Cycle
By Maura Zindler SILVER
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Maura Zindler SILVER, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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A Helping Hand
By ellamei2001 BRONZE
San Jose, California
ellamei2001 BRONZE, San Jose, California
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Sandbox
By TaylorWintry DIAMOND
Carrollton, Texas
TaylorWintry DIAMOND, Carrollton, Texas
72 articles 0 photos 860 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never fear shadows. They simply mean there&#039;s a light shining somewhere nearby.&quot; - Unknown

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