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By Kaeya BRONZE
Oak Brook, Illinois

I was sitting in my room cramming in my last minute summer homework. As the clock droned on...one hour, two hours, four hours, five hours passed, and I still had yet to make a dimp...
Kaeya BRONZE, Oak Brook, Illinois
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&quot;It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.&quot;<br /> --Theodore Roosevelt


#6632 Nonfiction
By Kyuubi9Tails SILVER
Washington, District Of Columbia
Kyuubi9Tails SILVER, Washington, District Of Columbia
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Dude.......if you don&#039;t understand what I just said, there is no hope for you now.

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By Anonymous
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By SidneyN08 BRONZE
Dedham, Massachusetts
SidneyN08 BRONZE, Dedham, Massachusetts
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By pebbles09 BRONZE
Amityville, New York
pebbles09 BRONZE, Amityville, New York
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By jlarson24 BRONZE
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
jlarson24 BRONZE, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
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By BluBliss GOLD
New York, New York
BluBliss GOLD, New York, New York
14 articles 0 photos 161 comments

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Bella&#039;s love for Edward was like, &quot;Omg. He&#039;s hot. He&#039;s mine because he sparkles. Now I&#039;ll brood the wholle book while I&#039;m with him.&quot;