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By BailieWhite BRONZE
Taylorsville, Mississippi

You know we go through this world, wondering what people think about us. Do we ask ourselves "Is this me, or is this just a person you want people to see?" Let's just...
BailieWhite BRONZE, Taylorsville, Mississippi
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TheSwellFellow BRONZE, Kennesaw, Georgia
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#9813 Opinion
By Anonymous
#9814 Opinion
MiaInRed BRONZE, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Til' death do us part.

MaximumSong BRONZE, Austin, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I believe each and every one of us has a crazy person inside of them screaming to be let out- Some of us are just nice enough to let 'em."

#9816 Opinion
By Tory626 BRONZE
Phoenix, Arizona
Tory626 BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
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#9817 Opinion
StephanieRoro SILVER, Buhl, Idaho
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Call no man foe, but never love a stranger." -Stella Benson

#9818 Opinion
By SheaLB GOLD
Senatobia, Mississippi
SheaLB GOLD, Senatobia, Mississippi
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
When life gives you lemons, make grape juice, and sit back to watch while the world try to figure out how you did it.

#9819 Opinion
By Anonymous
smalltownshorty BRONZE, Amana, Iowa
2 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is something I don&#039;t know<br /> That I am supposed to know.<br /> I don&#039;t know what it is I don&#039;t know,<br /> And yet am supposed to know,<br /> And I feel I look stupid<br /> If I seem both not to know<br /> And not to know what it is I don&#039;t know.<br /> <br /> Therefore, I pretend I know it.<br /> This is nerve-wracking<br /> Since I don&#039;t know what I must pretend<br /> To know.<br /> <br /> Therefore, I pretend to know everything.<br /> <br /> I feel you know what I am supposed to know<br /> But you can&#039;t tell me what it is<br /> Because you don&#039;t know what I don&#039;t know<br /> What it is.<br /> <br /> You may know what I don&#039;t know, but not<br /> That I don&#039;t know it.<br /> And I can&#039;t tell you. So you will have<br /> To tell me everything.<br /> <br /> - R. D. Lang in Knots