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By afterglow SILVER
Griffith, Indiana

Why is it that the majority of today's commercials are about beauty products, clothing or some new and improved zit-creame? And why is it that so many of todays teens and youn...
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"When you see a mountain do you see a challenge, or a change of heart?"- me, 2010


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"There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open hearted vision of people who embrace life." - John Lennon

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Revere, Massachusetts
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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

LittleRedDeliriousPrince SILVER, Parma Heights, Ohio
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