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He said, "Lady Gaga can't sing"
By vivian78 GOLD
San Jose, California

Today I got into a fairly heated argument with a lovely guy who believes that Lady Gaga cannot sing. I was angry not because he does not like her but because he dislikes her for re...
vivian78 GOLD, San Jose, California
10 articles 0 photos 12 comments
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Self Injury
By breanna.locke BRONZE
Medway, Massachusetts
breanna.locke BRONZE, Medway, Massachusetts
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Languages
By _toni4asec_ GOLD
London, Other
_toni4asec_ GOLD, London, Other
14 articles 12 photos 55 comments

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That time when you feel like giving up... that's when you actually have to push yourself harder (:

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Edward Cullen: Peter Pan and Tinkerbell's Love Child
By LucyPryde BRONZE
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
LucyPryde BRONZE, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

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Diversity from Within
By theskeptist BRONZE
Colleyville, Texas
theskeptist BRONZE, Colleyville, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 6 comments

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"The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion or historical curiosity is that I think it has something very important to offer us... I'm afraid were losing the real virtues of living life passionately in the sense of taking responsibility for who you are the ability to make something of yourself and feel good about life. Existentialism is often discussed as if it were a philosophy of despair, but I think the truth is just the opposite. Sartre, once interviewed, said he never felt once minute of despair in his life. One thing that comes out from reading these guys is not a sense of anguish about life so much as a real kind of exuberance, of feeling on top of it, its like your life is yours to create. Ive read the post modernists with some interest, even admiration, but when I read them I always have this awful nagging feeling that something absolutely essential is getting left out. The more you talk about a person as a social construction or as a confluence of forces or as being fragmented of marginalised, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses. And when sartre talks about responsibilty, he's not talking about something abstract. He's not taling about the kind of self or souls that theologians would talk about. Hes talking about you and me talking, making descisions, doing things, and taking the consequences. It might be true that there are six billion people in this world, and counting, but nevertheless -what you do makes a difference. It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms, to other people, and it sets an example. In short, I think the message here is that we shouuld never write ourselves off or see eachother as a victim of various forces. It's always our descision who we are."

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Opposing the legilization of Mauijuana from a teenagers perspective
By hughesfan123 BRONZE
Wellesley, Massachusetts
hughesfan123 BRONZE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"- Albert Einstein

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Should it be Raised to Eighteen? (Legal Driving Age)
By KitBee SILVER
Parker, Colorado
KitBee SILVER, Parker, Colorado
5 articles 0 photos 14 comments

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"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."- Edward Teller

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And yet, you bother me with your religious rants...
By MariahS. SILVER
Leduc, Other
MariahS. SILVER, Leduc, Other
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments
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Diffrent Lives, Same Sky
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Truly Conservative Economics
By StevenH1028 SILVER
Fort Worth, Texas
StevenH1028 SILVER, Fort Worth, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I promise not to make age an issue in this campaign. I will not make an issue out of my opponent's youth and inexperience."-Ronald Reagan

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