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By sarahsinginrain SILVER
Setauket, New York

In acting, the one thing that your character wants in a scene is called your super objective. It’s a verb, a concrete and primitive statement. : “I want respect” “I want love” “ et...
sarahsinginrain SILVER, Setauket, New York
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"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephan Sodeim


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By AllForOne SILVER
Audubon, Pennsylvania
AllForOne SILVER, Audubon, Pennsylvania
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If the facts don&#039;t fit the theory, change the facts.<br /> -Albert Einstein

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blossomingmoments BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
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&quot;Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.&quot; - Robert Hunter

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By rabsul BRONZE
West Hartford, Connecticut
rabsul BRONZE, West Hartford, Connecticut
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By EmWrites BRONZE
New York, New York
EmWrites BRONZE, New York, New York
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By tennis BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
tennis BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
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mongtrue-her2006 SILVER, Sac, California
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“In my mind, I’m always the best. I don’t care what people say, what the other people think- in my mind, I’m always the best.” Cristiano Ronaldo.

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MarleeFox PLATINUM, Annapolis, Maryland
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By XOLyssamarieXD PLATINUM
Bellingham, Massachusetts
XOLyssamarieXD PLATINUM, Bellingham, Massachusetts
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&quot;Be not deceived if I have veiled my look I turn the trouble of my countenance merely upon myself&quot;

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By PenguinFeet GOLD
Bellevue, Washington
PenguinFeet GOLD, Bellevue, Washington
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&quot;Yeah, well, who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren&#039;t we all just a little crazy?&quot; - Dulcie, in Libba Bray&#039;s Going Bovine