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#4201voted by our readers
By 6graffs GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin

Standing around the casket, tears drip from my face. Strangers spread the flag over the shiny, adorned casket and suddenly--I see a meaning. Before that brisk autumn day,...
6graffs GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
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#4202 Opinion
By avisintin BRONZE
Wading River, New York
avisintin BRONZE, Wading River, New York
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#4203 Opinion
By mjVAL SILVER
San José, Other
mjVAL SILVER, San José, Other
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can&rsquo;t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.&rdquo;<br /> ― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

#4204 Opinion
By Serie BRONZE
Singapore, Other
Serie BRONZE, Singapore, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can&#039;t do something good without getting your hands dirty

#4205 Opinion
By Katiekat123 BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
Katiekat123 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
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#4206 Opinion
rpm77 BRONZE, New York
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot; I have not yet begun to fight&quot; <br /> <br /> John Paul Johns?

#4208 Opinion
By Periphery24 SILVER
Sussex, Wisconsin
Periphery24 SILVER, Sussex, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

thatawkwardkid GOLD, Sarasota, Florida
14 articles 1 photo 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My Chemical Romance is done, but it can never die.&quot; <br /> -Gerard Arthur Way, MCR

#4210 Opinion
GabbyHernandez2 BRONZE, Addis, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 6 comments