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By Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM
Harrison, Arkansas

Gun control propositions have been on the rise, resulting in a debate about what’s to become of gun violence in the United States. Some say that too many criminals purchase guns le...
Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
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“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall


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By Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM
Bloomington, Illinois
Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
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Life beats down and crushes the soul but art reminds you that you have one. -Stella Adler
He who lives upon hope will die fasting.
-Benjamin Franklin
If you're absent during my struggle. Don't expect to be present during my success.

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Watson, GOLD, Billings, Montana
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

-Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

ImJustMe94 SILVER, Dubai, Other
6 articles 0 photos 17 comments

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People keep saying that light is important. Darkness is important too, thats when you realise the value of light.

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KianaJoe1324 BRONZE, Los Lunas, New Mexico
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Live like there's no tomorrow<3

Hazel-daisy GOLD, --, Other
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else - Erna Bombeck

In three words i can sum up everything I've learned in life: it goes on -Robert Frost

Live, Love, Laugh - ______

Hope, Love, breathe <3 - Me

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Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
16 articles 0 photos 620 comments

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“I could give up, I could stay stuck, or I could move on, So I put one foot front of the other, No no no nothing’s gonna break my stride, “ –David Archuleta (The Other Side of Down)

ImJustMe94 SILVER, Dubai, Other
6 articles 0 photos 17 comments

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People keep saying that light is important. Darkness is important too, thats when you realise the value of light.

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