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By andante BRONZE
Hemet, California

All you’d see on stage is a crowd of shaking hands, shaking so violently you’d wonder whether they were going to fall off and crawl away. Sweat accumulating on foreheads and upper...
andante BRONZE, Hemet, California
2 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
How slow life is, <br /> How violent hope is.<br /> --Guillaume Apollinaire


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jshetty SILVER, London, Other
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Anonymous
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By HaleyStar GOLD
Mattoon, Illinois
HaleyStar GOLD, Mattoon, Illinois
12 articles 2 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The dog? You are named after a dog?&quot;<br /> &quot;I had a lot of fond memories of that Dog.&quot;~Indiana Jones~<br /> <br /> &quot;Can you knot?&quot;<br /> &quot;I cannot.&quot;<br /> &quot;You can knot?&quot;<br /> &quot;I cannot knot.&quot; ~Winnie the Pooh movie~

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By 1Tucker BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
1Tucker BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Jean16Bean PLATINUM
Batavia, New York
Jean16Bean PLATINUM, Batavia, New York
21 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it&#039;s the occurring that&#039;s hard.&quot;-Stephen Leacock

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Monica@Roman SILVER, New Haven, Connecticut
8 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This too shall pass&quot;

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By alyssa-smith BRONZE
Dulles, Virginia
alyssa-smith BRONZE, Dulles, Virginia
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Punk is musical freedom. It&#039;s saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster&#039;s terms, &#039;nirvana&#039; means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that&#039;s pretty close to

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By Anonymous
jlwahm GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Your mind is a garden and your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds."