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By Narrelle GOLD
West Palm Beach, Florida

When your plate arrives at a restaurant, it is usually piled high with pasta, vegetables, and meat. Then, your dessert arrives: it is literally a wall of chocolate. Chain restaur...
Narrelle GOLD, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?-Abraham Lincoln
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that enhances the lives of others. -Nelson Mandela
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Gandhi


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By Actonstupid21 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
Actonstupid21 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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rysav24 BRONZE, Cedar City, Utah
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Aspen1216 SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
5 articles 2 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes I wish I were a normal human being. But I can't. I'm not. No matter how hard I try." -Alice Oseman

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By LittleLadybird GOLD
Carrickfergus, Other
LittleLadybird GOLD, Carrickfergus, Other
14 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
To be nobody but yourself in a world that is trying it's hardest every night and day to change you into everyone else is to fight the hardest battle a human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Understandable_Upchuck SILVER, Maryville, Tennessee
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue
I was an accident
and so were you."

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Caiden109 BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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By Justeloquence SILVER
Flushing, New York
Justeloquence SILVER, Flushing, New York
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy