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By OrenK PLATINUM
Flushing, New York

The school bell rings it's last ring. Summer has begun. There is anticipation in the faces of many students and their legs bolt for the first smell of freedom. The stereotype...
OrenK PLATINUM, Flushing, New York
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"My teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said happy. She said I didn't understand the assignment. I said she didn't understand life."- John Lennon


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By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
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"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."

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By Xassidy SILVER
St. Peters, Missouri
Xassidy SILVER, St. Peters, Missouri
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If you like me cool I like you too.....If you hate me then you can **** off!!!

The_Blackest_Rose PLATINUM, Joliet, Montana
31 articles 19 photos 41 comments

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"History is the fiction we invent to convince ourselves that events are knowable and life has order and direction." --Calvin and Hobbes

ILOVESHERLOCK PLATINUM, Sydney, Other
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All your dreams can come true, if you have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

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Jezabel PLATINUM, Ricmond, Virginia
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In the end we will not the remeber the words of your enemys, but the silence of are friends.<br /> ~ Martin Luther King Jr.