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By undiscoveredgenius BRONZE
Sierra Vista, Arizona

What is like to be an American? To tell the truth, I don’t really know. I have grown up in a very cultural diverse and opinionated area in the U.S. I can recall going over all of t...
undiscoveredgenius BRONZE, Sierra Vista, Arizona
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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

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“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

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Do or do not. There is no try.

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By Dante_Aleman GOLD
Torrington, Wyoming
Dante_Aleman GOLD, Torrington, Wyoming
12 articles 0 photos 9 comments

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Just do you and let the rest blow past you

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By WolfWest13 SILVER
Kalimpong, Other
WolfWest13 SILVER, Kalimpong, Other
7 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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By chocolollibunni BRONZE
Jackson, New Jersey
chocolollibunni BRONZE, Jackson, New Jersey
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By IgorR SILVER
Inverness, Illinois
IgorR SILVER, Inverness, Illinois
6 articles 1 photo 3 comments
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By miaaaaa BRONZE
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
miaaaaa BRONZE, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
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TommieLeah GOLD, Lagos, Other
17 articles 0 photos 12 comments

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Be a first rate edition of yourself, not the second rate edition of another.

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