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By cursedremains BRONZE
Troy, Michigan

Shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard was leaving a party in a Laramie, Wyoming club. He was offered a ride home by fellow party goers, Russel Henderson and Aa...
cursedremains BRONZE, Troy, Michigan
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“I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves." Harvey Milk.


JBigglesworth BRONZE, Tempe, Arizona
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Do or do not; there is no try.

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By Enlightened BRONZE
Warwick, Rhode Island
Enlightened BRONZE, Warwick, Rhode Island
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By teacat749 BRONZE
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
teacat749 BRONZE, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
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We do not quit playing because we grow old. We grow old because we quit playing.<br /> -Oliver Wendell Holmes

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By Gettysburg63 PLATINUM
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Gettysburg63 PLATINUM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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&quot;If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.&quot; -General George S. Patton

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By daisymoma BRONZE
Belle Plaine, Minnesota
daisymoma BRONZE, Belle Plaine, Minnesota
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Zoe Kasperzyk BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
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By Gettysburg63 PLATINUM
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Gettysburg63 PLATINUM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
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&quot;If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.&quot; -General George S. Patton

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tinejohnson SILVER, Eagle Mountain, Utah
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I am awesome and everyone knows it. If you dont know it than you are not worth my time.

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By Markus SILVER
Boulder, Colorado
Markus SILVER, Boulder, Colorado
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&quot;He who is not willing to die for something is not fit to live&quot; MLK