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By Lefty45 BRONZE
Austin, Texas

There it is, the University of Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center, so many fans and the pool is crystal clear with names like Michael Phelps displayed on the record-holder plaq...
Lefty45 BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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Kailey_H424 PLATINUM, Portland, Maine
30 articles 27 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Treat others the way you want to be treated. (my mother)<br /> I am, I am, I am (Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar)

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By bogeycoco SILVER
Santa Barbara, California
bogeycoco SILVER, Santa Barbara, California
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&ldquo;I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.&rdquo; <br /> ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I hope she&#039;ll be a fool -- that&#039;s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.&rdquo; <br /> ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

UnorthodoxDream BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
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&ldquo;No,&rsquo; Nico said. &lsquo;Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that&rsquo;s the trick.&rsquo; As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could&rsquo;ve been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up.&rdquo; <br /> ― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

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By Honeysuckle55 GOLD
Littleton, Colorado
Honeysuckle55 GOLD, Littleton, Colorado
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BizzleK BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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aurorarawr BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality... of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape...T.S Eliot