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One Community, One Effort
By Anonymous

On a breezy Thursday night in Rockwall, summer blooms as notes of music and laughter drift into the sky. The Concert on the Lake series is in full swing at the harbor, as the comm...
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Life as a Gay Soldier during WWI and WWII
By gkgardner23 BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
gkgardner23 BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
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On Hipsters
By Vile1 BRONZE
Athens, Maine
Vile1 BRONZE, Athens, Maine
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It's up to You
By BookFan BRONZE
New York, New York
BookFan BRONZE, New York, New York
3 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty&quot; .<br /> &quot;We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely&quot;.<br /> &quot;Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.&quot;<br /> Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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This World
By missca1229 GOLD
North Tonawanda, New York
missca1229 GOLD, North Tonawanda, New York
11 articles 5 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life makes my heart sing

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Imagination
By gracefulwaters SILVER
Paris, Other
gracefulwaters SILVER, Paris, Other
8 articles 1 photo 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
- Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand ... and melting like a snowflake. -- Ray<br /> - Don&rsquo;t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. -- Chekhov

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Being Dangerously Fragile
By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself.&quot; &quot;Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.&quot; &quot;You were born to be real, not to be perfect.&quot;

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Letter to a Veteran
By WiscoSurf SILVER
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
WiscoSurf SILVER, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Don't (Get) Rape(d)
By Dvita BRONZE
Muscat, Other
Dvita BRONZE, Muscat, Other
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we give too many people the power to lower our vibrations; stay true to your own frequency.&quot;

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My Missing Parts
By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself.&quot; &quot;Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.&quot; &quot;You were born to be real, not to be perfect.&quot;

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