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By livetodance BRONZE
Mendon, Massachusetts

In high school there are so many different types of people you will meet. There are the media-following, trendsetting, all-superior preps, the smart-without-studying, sweater-vest-...
livetodance BRONZE, Mendon, Massachusetts
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By Fires SILVER
Eagle Pass, Texas
Fires SILVER, Eagle Pass, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Follow your heart always!

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By Chris Hogan BRONZE
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Chris Hogan BRONZE, Smithfield, Rhode Island
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By Doghound90 BRONZE
Blackstone, Massachusetts
Doghound90 BRONZE, Blackstone, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
wut

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gentleheart SILVER, Pinson, Alabama
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By kailee313 GOLD
Havelock, Other
kailee313 GOLD, Havelock, Other
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By VirQJiang115 SILVER
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
VirQJiang115 SILVER, Princeton Junction, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old'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."[

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McCauliflower SILVER, Whitinsville, Massachusetts
6 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with the world. But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. Given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will ACT like lords of the world. And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now.”

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By efisher27 GOLD
Pittsford, New York
efisher27 GOLD, Pittsford, New York
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”