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#1481voted by our readers
By AnubhutiKumar PLATINUM
New York, New York

After a year of campaigning, rallies, debating, annoying ads, and telephone calls, the results of the 2012 presidential election are finally here! At 11:18 PM on the night of Novem...
AnubhutiKumar PLATINUM, New York, New York
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#1482 Opinion
sam fredman BRONZE, Fgdf, Wisconsin
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tjaguirre BRONZE, Payson, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.<br /> George Orwell

#1485 Opinion
By OneBlueFish SILVER
Verona, Wisconsin
OneBlueFish SILVER, Verona, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The whole world is interesting as long as you&#039;re interested in it.&quot; (a friend)

#1487 Opinion
By CrazyWriter GOLD
Lorton Station, Virginia
CrazyWriter GOLD, Lorton Station, Virginia
16 articles 2 photos 102 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Once you have given up on the most important thing in your life, you begin to die, because then, you gradually lose your true self&quot;~Hana Kimi<br /> &quot;Someone who can lie to themself. . . is lonely, and in pain&quot;~Hana Kimi

Nikki Chapman SILVER, Heath, Texas
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#1489 Opinion
By meg01 BRONZE
Austin, Texas
meg01 BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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#1490 Opinion
By Ryan. BRONZE
Bel Air, Maryland
Ryan. BRONZE, Bel Air, Maryland
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Are you worth the choices you make? Life is to short to let others dictate your actions. Then who is living your life? You? Or them?&quot;<br /> <br /> -Mr. A