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By lmp416 PLATINUM
Brockton, Massachusetts

2008 was a year of change. Especially when it came to the presidential election. A year when a woman and a man with African American heritage ran for president. As a teenager...
lmp416 PLATINUM, Brockton, Massachusetts
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"Sometimes people write the things that they can't say." -One Tree Hill


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Sussex, Wisconsin
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New Castle, Pennsylvania
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"Are you chasing your dreams? Or are your dreams chasing you?" - Michelle Phan

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Charlotte, North Carolina
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"I survived because the fire within me burned brighter than the fire around me."

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Boulder, Colorado
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Excerpt from Calvin and Hobbes:<br /> Calvin asks Mom: &quot;Why are you crying?&quot;<br /> Mom: &quot;I&#039;m cutting an onion.&quot;<br /> Calvin: &quot;Life must be hard when you start anthropomorphizing your vegetables.&quot;

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