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By alliekohl BRONZE
Loveland, Colorado

I am a sixteen year old girl currently living in 2016. I am a millennial. My peers and I are the face of the generation. Although my generation is creating new technological inn...
alliekohl BRONZE, Loveland, Colorado
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RYang04 SILVER, Kensington, California
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By AbbaDabbaDoo PLATINUM
Mountain Grove, Missouri
AbbaDabbaDoo PLATINUM, Mountain Grove, Missouri
43 articles 6 photos 30 comments

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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. I guess we know which one you are.

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By mdbeck13 GOLD
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
mdbeck13 GOLD, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
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MormonMan BRONZE, Kaysville, Utah
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&ldquo;I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.&rdquo; <br /> ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Thisisreal_life PLATINUM, Manhattan, Kansas
48 articles 3 photos 69 comments

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&quot;so do it. Decide. Is this the person you want to be? Is this the life you want to live? Is this the best you can be?&quot;<br /> &quot;I survived the fire because the fire within me burns brighter than the one around me&quot;

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By thewriteidea DIAMOND
Pleasanton, California
thewriteidea DIAMOND, Pleasanton, California
67 articles 0 photos 336 comments

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&quot;Don&#039;t cry that it&#039;s over, smile because it has happened.&quot;

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By meowitselizabeth PLATINUM
Fletcher, North Carolina
meowitselizabeth PLATINUM, Fletcher, North Carolina
21 articles 0 photos 9 comments

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Don&#039;t be delicate; be vast and brilliant.