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Instilling Hope for an Eternity
By LawrenceK SILVER
Brooklyn, New York

As we lined up to enter the 9/11 memorial, I clutched my camera tightly and shuffled across the gravel, the light hearted conversations around me lowering to a serene quiet. Walkin...
LawrenceK SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.”

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#11262 Nonfiction
To play or not to play
By Anonymous
#11263 Nonfiction
Driving Excursion
By superstar013 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
superstar013 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you\\\'re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you\\\'re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no, a thousand times no, until all the no\\\'s become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. And you will tell them yes.

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#11264 Nonfiction
Forgiving the Unforgivable MAG
By Jennyli05 BRONZE
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Jennyli05 BRONZE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#11265 Nonfiction
Just Teenagers
By communicativedistractions PLATINUM
Fall City, Washington
communicativedistractions PLATINUM, Fall City, Washington
25 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I miss you like an alcoholic misses toothpaste."

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#11266 Nonfiction
Is He Really There?
By Hiroshi-Oniisan-Chugi PLATINUM
Portsmouth, Virginia
Hiroshi-Oniisan-Chugi PLATINUM, Portsmouth, Virginia
23 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We have nothing to fear, but Fear itself." -F.D.R.

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#11267 Nonfiction
Paper Bag Tumble
By Jessica Hermesch BRONZE
Goff, Kansas
Jessica Hermesch BRONZE, Goff, Kansas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#11268 Nonfiction
The Pearl Harbor Attack
By 21hornca BRONZE
Richmond, Kentucky
21hornca BRONZE, Richmond, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#11269 Nonfiction
Best Fifteen Birthday
By OlenkaOMg GOLD
Mooresville, North Carolina
OlenkaOMg GOLD, Mooresville, North Carolina
17 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be avant garde.

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#11270 Nonfiction
“How Can We Manage Our Generation's Tomorrow?”
By Maryelle GOLD
Stein, Other
Maryelle GOLD, Stein, Other
13 articles 17 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
The world is strange, if you don't want to shatter, be strange too. (G.F)

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