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Opinion
By muffinpb BRONZE
Oak Lawn, Illinois

In America, one of the biggest controversies today revolves around a mere piece of machinery. While everyone has his or her own opinion as to the overall effect guns have on societ...
muffinpb BRONZE, Oak Lawn, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Opinion
By RainBowSkittles13 GOLD
Lemont Frnc., Pennsylvania
RainBowSkittles13 GOLD, Lemont Frnc., Pennsylvania
13 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The key to happiness is always looking down the path of goodness. -Teresa S. Livi<br /> Don&#039;t Cry Over Someone That Won&#039;t Cry Over You<br /> <br /> No Guy Is Worth Your Tears &amp; When You Find The One That Is He Won&#039;t Make You Cry<br /> <br /> If You Really Love Something Set It Free.<br /> If It Comes Back It&#039;s Yours, If Not It Wasn&#039;t Meant To Be<br /> <br /> Some Day You&#039;ll Cry For Me Like I Cried For You, <br /> Some Day You&#039;ll Miss Me Like I Missed You, <br /> Some Day You&#039;ll Need Me Like I Needed You, <br /> Some Day You&#039;ll Love Me But I Won&#039;t Love You<br /> <br /> Time will make you forget me but time will make me love you more than before.<br /> <br /> If I never met you, I wouldn&#039;t like you. If I didn&#039;t like you I wouldn&#039;t love you. <br /> If I didn&#039;t love you I wouldn&#039;t miss you, but I did, I do and I will.<br /> <br /> My heart longs for you, my soul dies for you, <br /> my eyes cry for you, my empty arms reach out for you.<br /> <br /> Forget who hurt you yesterday, <br /> But don&#039;t forget who loves you tenderly today.<br /> <br /> Love can make you happy but often times it hurts,<br /> but love is only special when you give it to who its worth.<br /> <br /> Boyfriends come and go, but friends are forever.<br /> <br /> The hardest part of loving someone is knowing when to let go, <br /> and knowing when to say goodbye.<br /> <br /> No pleassure, no expressions just an illusion of what should of but wasnt.<br /> <br /> I hate you for not letting me have you.<br /> <br /> Forget the times he walked by, Forget the times he made you cry, <br /> Forget the times he spoke your name, Remember now your not the same. <br /> Forget the times he held your hand, Forget the sweet things if you can,<br /> Forget the times &amp; Don&#039;t pretend, Remember now he&#039;s just your friend.<br /> <br /> The day you finally decide to love me will be the day <br /> after the day I have given up on chasing you<br /> <br /> <br /> I hate to see the one I love happy with somebody <br /> but I surely hate it more to see the one I love unhappy with me...<br /> <br /> I had a dream and it was about you ... <br /> I smiled and recalled the memories we had ... <br /> then I noticed a tear fell from my eyes ... you know why? <br /> Coz in my dream you kissed me and said goodbye ...

Opinion
By typewriter BRONZE
Arcadia, California
typewriter BRONZE, Arcadia, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&quot;<br /> - Ernest Hemingway

-JustDance- PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
23 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The manner in which we live and that in which we ought to live are things so wide asunder that he who quits the one to betake himself in the other is more likely to destroy than to save himself.&quot; ~Niccolo Machiavelli<br /> <br /> So let us find the balance.

SometimesTina GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong.&nbsp; They are conflicts between two rights.&nbsp; ~Georg Hegel

Opinion
By tylen davis BRONZE
Rochester, New York
tylen davis BRONZE, Rochester, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Opinion
By JillianNora SILVER
Forest Park, Illinois
JillianNora SILVER, Forest Park, Illinois
8 articles 2 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.&quot; -1 Timothy 4:12

Opinion
By Antony BRONZE
Anacortes, Washington
Antony BRONZE, Anacortes, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You must be the change you want to see in the world.&rdquo;-Mahatma Gandhi

anegrete BRONZE, Lenexa, Kansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and -- in spite of True Romance magazines -- we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely -- at least, not all the time -- but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don&#039;t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.&quot;<br /> &mdash; Hunter S. Thompson

matt2122 BRONZE, Plymouth, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments