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By Likeaboss427 GOLD
Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Almost everyone has heard someone tell them to reach for the stars. I know I have. But sometimes when we do our best to be our best, it just doesn't feel like we are reaching...
Likeaboss427 GOLD, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
17 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed---because 'Thou mayest.'" -Lee (East of Eden, John Steinbeck)


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By Killjoy_Parade GOLD
Scottsburg, Indiana
Killjoy_Parade GOLD, Scottsburg, Indiana
17 articles 4 photos 90 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You got killed. *explody sounds* Chuncks of s*** flying outta you." - Gerard

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By hv2013 SILVER
New Delhi, Other
hv2013 SILVER, New Delhi, Other
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By richrmg BRONZE
Resica Falls, New Jersey
richrmg BRONZE, Resica Falls, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The sane man knows that he has a touch of the beast, a touch of the devil, a touch of the saint, a touch of the citizen. The really sane man knows that he has a touch of the madman.” G. K. Chesterton

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By Nelu96 GOLD
Windhoek, Other
Nelu96 GOLD, Windhoek, Other
10 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."- George Bernard Shaw

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By Smithy1830 BRONZE
Columbus, New Jersey
Smithy1830 BRONZE, Columbus, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 3 comments
undiscoveredgenius BRONZE, Sierra Vista, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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You can be who or whatever you want to be just as long as you put your heart to it....

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By Tay_renee_b BRONZE
Orlando, Florida
Tay_renee_b BRONZE, Orlando, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.” and “I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.”

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fox33 SILVER, Piatra-Neamt, Alabama
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do or do not. There is no try.