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By Joy Brenner-Letich BRONZE
New Market, Maryland

I sometimes tell people that, when I’m older, I want to create a school in Africa. I like this older me that I have created, the 20-something fresh-out-of-college idealistic advent...
Joy Brenner-Letich BRONZE, New Market, Maryland
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#782 Nonfiction
By Maddilyn BRONZE
Mesa, Arizona
Maddilyn BRONZE, Mesa, Arizona
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By Anonymous
#784 Nonfiction
AnUnknownSpider BRONZE, Hemet, California
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Favorite Quote:
¨Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.¨ - Edgar Allan Poe

#785 Nonfiction
Kyraa SILVER, Iwakuni, Other
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Favorite Quote:
The pain of being alone...is not an easy one to bear..why is it...that I can understand your pain?

#786 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#787 Nonfiction
ian kanaskie BRONZE, Park City, Utah
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#788 Nonfiction
Swaggoner BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I&#039;m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can&#039;t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don&#039;t deserve me at my best.&rdquo; <br /> &ldquo;in this world there are dreamers and there are realists. you&rsquo;d think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not, the opposite is true. the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun. and the realists? well, without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground.&rdquo;<br /> ― Marilyn Monroe<br /> &ldquo;in this world there are&ldquo;

#789 Nonfiction
By Cameron171 BRONZE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cameron171 BRONZE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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#790 Nonfiction
By kcinthehouse GOLD
Lincolnshire, Illinois
kcinthehouse GOLD, Lincolnshire, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.&quot;-Tim Notke