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By DanielBreyer BRONZE
Woodside, California

We all have a comfort zone. Every one of us on this planet has a shell in which we like to hide in…in which we like to bury our heads. Why? Because life is menacing, scary, and in...
DanielBreyer BRONZE, Woodside, California
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By erinalexandra BRONZE
Matthews, North Carolina
erinalexandra BRONZE, Matthews, North Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Giving up doesn't always mean you're weak. Sometimes it means you're strong enough to let go."

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By Megan Keyser SILVER
Holland, Michigan
Megan Keyser SILVER, Holland, Michigan
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By spirit_bound GOLD
Clarmore, Oklahoma
spirit_bound GOLD, Clarmore, Oklahoma
18 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but the size of the heart"

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By Colliegirl BRONZE
West Berlin, New Jersey
Colliegirl BRONZE, West Berlin, New Jersey
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xKortnix BRONZE, New Gloucester, Maine
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Reach up your hand... And take a star.&quot;<br /> -Langston Hughes<br /> &quot;I try to lie as much as I can when I&#039;m interviewed. It&#039;s reversed phsycology; I figure if I lie, they&#039;ll print the truth.&quot;<br /> -River J. Phoenix

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By Haley_M BRONZE
Louisville, Kentucky
Haley_M BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
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the_remedy292 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
4 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Write as a gift to others.&quot;-John Green

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forevernotthinkingstraight SILVER, Terrell, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.&rdquo; <br /> ― Marilyn Monroe