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By Swagata SILVER
Jamshedpur, Other

I am back again to the very same point where I began.There hasn’t been the slightest of progress.Its all been a meaningless pursuit chasing things that were never really mine.The f...
Swagata SILVER, Jamshedpur, Other
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Time is the utmost essence of life


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By NightOwls GOLD
Medford, Oregon
NightOwls GOLD, Medford, Oregon
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The hardest workers are the most successful.

TargonTheDragon GOLD, Ofallon, Missouri
15 articles 16 photos 292 comments

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First dentistry was painless.<br /> Then bicycles were chainless,<br /> Carriages were horseless,<br /> And many laws enforceless.<br /> <br /> Next cookery was fireless,<br /> Telegraphy was wireless,<br /> Cigars were nicotineless,<br /> And coffee caffeineless.<br /> <br /> Soon oranges were seedless,<br /> The putting green was weedless,<br /> The college boy was hatless,<br /> The proper diet fatless.<br /> <br /> New motor roads are dustless,<br /> The latest steel is rustless,<br /> Our tennis courts are sodless,<br /> Our new religion &mdash; godless.

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By Catie33 BRONZE
Neverlandville, South Carolina
Catie33 BRONZE, Neverlandville, South Carolina
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

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Don&#039;t tell me the moon is shinning; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

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By mirbrandt BRONZE
Jonestown, Pennsylvania
mirbrandt BRONZE, Jonestown, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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Forget the what if&#039;s and ambition over everything

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Taylor Block BRONZE, Needham, Massachusetts
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LivKlo BRONZE, Dedham, Iowa
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By VirQJiang115 SILVER
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
VirQJiang115 SILVER, Princeton Junction, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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&quot;There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old&#039;s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.&quot;[

swallowedbystreetlights PLATINUM, Arlington, Virginia
45 articles 0 photos 8 comments