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By marinalynn BRONZE
Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Have you ever been chastened for doing something another considered wrong? What about having recieved praise for what the community considers heroic or good? These reactions to an...
marinalynn BRONZE, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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All the knowledge i possess everyone else can aquire, but my heart is exclusively my own. <br /> -Johamm Wolfgang Goethe


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ssaammaanntthha SILVER, Garden City, Michigan
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&ldquo;To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.&rdquo;

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By Daanish Siddique BRONZE
South Elgin, Illinois
Daanish Siddique BRONZE, South Elgin, Illinois
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By KatsK DIAMOND
Saint Paul, Minnesota
KatsK DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.<br /> ~Hans Hofmann<br /> You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.<br /> ~Ray Bradbury

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TheBookWorm16 SILVER, Flagstaff, Arizona
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&quot;Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing&quot;<br /> -Benjamin Franklin

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By Neha.J13 BRONZE
Karachi , Other
Neha.J13 BRONZE, Karachi , Other
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JustinNelson BRONZE, Woodbury, Minnesota
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Human life without knowledge of history is nothing other than a perpetual childhood, nay, a permanent obscurity and darkness.

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By alioops SILVER
North Hollywood, California
alioops SILVER, North Hollywood, California
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&quot;What moves men of genius, or rather, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.&quot;<br /> - Eugene Delacroix