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By Strawberry123 BRONZE
Evanston, Wyoming

It’s your first time driving and your parent is in the passenger seat. You put on your seatbelt, start the car, and slowly reach for drive. Now, the pressures on as the car starts...
Strawberry123 BRONZE, Evanston, Wyoming
1 article 0 photos 16 comments

cabi816 GOLD, Greenville, South Carolina
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Opinion
By betterhappyending BRONZE
San Ysidro, California
betterhappyending BRONZE, San Ysidro, California
2 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin." - Leonard Cohen

Opinion
By Mathew_Ivan BRONZE
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Mathew_Ivan BRONZE, Allentown, Pennsylvania
2 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Well when you think of thoughts the thought is you can think up the thoughts you think you can think... or so you thought."

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By Anonymous
Opinion
By montana PLATINUM
Parker, Colorado
montana PLATINUM, Parker, Colorado
41 articles 2 photos 93 comments

Favorite Quote:
cliche quotes I have are.....
I know, right? and..... Are you kidding me?

Opinion
By Cammie PLATINUM
Vero Beach, Florida
Cammie PLATINUM, Vero Beach, Florida
23 articles 0 photos 3 comments
Opinion
By inexorableignorance BRONZE
Boston, Massachusetts
inexorableignorance BRONZE, Boston, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason." -Anonymous.

Jack.H BRONZE, Elmhurst, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson