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By amkdancer BRONZE
Franklin Square, New York

Adults tell us to speak our opinions but why do the shoot us down with it? We try to express our creative minds, but just get nothing at all. With no opinions being listened to it...
amkdancer BRONZE, Franklin Square, New York
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Life best adventures and stories are on a page.


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By tryJTinstead BRONZE
Lawrenceville, Georgia
tryJTinstead BRONZE, Lawrenceville, Georgia
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cool5593 SILVER, Aurora, Colorado
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&quot;Live and Learn&quot;<br /> &quot;What good is it when you&#039;ve gained the world, but lose your soul&quot;

smalltownshorty BRONZE, Amana, Iowa
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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

smalltownshorty BRONZE, Amana, Iowa
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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

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By priyaverma SILVER
Chandigarh (UT), Indiana
priyaverma SILVER, Chandigarh (UT), Indiana
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My website www.cywe.org Quote is &quot; inspiring youths to create change&quot;

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By Derekh2013 BRONZE
Uhrichsville, Ohio
Derekh2013 BRONZE, Uhrichsville, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional&quot;

priyaverma SILVER, Chandigarh (UT), Indiana
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My website www.cywe.org Quote is &quot; inspiring youths to create change&quot;