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#1041voted by our readers
By Esmé GOLD
Petaluma, California

Teens, let’s be honest. Watching Kavanaugh’s supreme court hearing hurt like—well, watching your future go up in flames. I got nauseous and turned off the radio,...
Esmé GOLD, Petaluma, California
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Heart2Share BRONZE, Oak Creek, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
“A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. Reach out. Take a chance. Get hurt even. But play as well as you can. … LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.” – Harold & Maude, 1971

NickBultena SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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#1044 Opinion
DmitryKonstantinov BRONZE, New Berlin, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
Play the games by your Own rules.

#1045 Opinion
By Q.Tee BRONZE
Detroit , Michigan
Q.Tee BRONZE, Detroit , Michigan
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#1046 Opinion
By donsmith18 GOLD
King George, Virginia
donsmith18 GOLD, King George, Virginia
15 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"behind every great man, there's a woman rolling her eyes."-jim carey

thisguy69 BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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KlaudeMatias BRONZE, Sacramento, California
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#1049 Opinion
Jack.H BRONZE, Elmhurst, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb<br /> <br /> All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson

#1050 Opinion
sophie.4311 BRONZE, Ardsley, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy&quot;-Anne Frank