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By mayamitch BRONZE
South Orange, New Jersey

What would’ve happened if Abraham Lincoln never ended slavery? If the Civil Rights Act never got approved? If people didn’t care about the murder of Eric Garner? The...
mayamitch BRONZE, South Orange, New Jersey
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By ecarguh GOLD
Hillsborough, California
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By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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AVM1427 BRONZE, Cary, North Carolina
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&quot;Life is a ticket to the greatest show on Earth&quot;<br /> -Martin H. Fischer<br /> <br /> &quot;The fireworks begin today, each diploma is lighted match, each one of you is a fuse&quot;<br /> -Mayor Ed Koch

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By dinma BRONZE
Norwalk, California
dinma BRONZE, Norwalk, California
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&quot;Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.&quot; -Charles Bukowski

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By mahmouzianm BRONZE
East Hampton, New York
mahmouzianm BRONZE, East Hampton, New York
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