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By sleeping_smarts10 SILVER
Springfield, Virginia

I don't know about you, but as I get older, the news seems to get more tragic. Maybe it's because I am losing the naivety of a child. But also the bad news during the sum...
sleeping_smarts10 SILVER, Springfield, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain

"You did in your twenties what you knew how to do. And when you knew better, you did better. And you should not be judged for the person who you were, but for the person you are trying to be and the woman that you are now."
--Maya Angelou speaking to Oprah Winfrey


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By Ikaasasuri BRONZE
Tenafly, New Jersey
Ikaasasuri BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
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By lmoz123 BRONZE
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
lmoz123 BRONZE, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"Guns Don't Kill People, People With Mustaches Do."

Tallulah-lu BRONZE, Bremen, Maine
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By Jackson1997 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Jackson1997 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"No" -Rosa Parks

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CarolineB.1776 BRONZE, Germantown, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
There are two ways of spreading light, being the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

swcricket98 GOLD, Williamson, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

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Ave_is_Rad BRONZE, Southside, Alabama
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KelliB GOLD, Amarillo, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
- Bill Cosby