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Confidence
By Anonymous

The minute I put on that apron, my life changed. From first to seventh grade, I was insecure about myself. I don’t think I knew it at the time, but when I look back it was obvious...
#3192 College Guide
Moving On
By Anonymous
#3193 College Guide
On Forrest Gump as a Personal Inspiration
By LydiaAnzures BRONZE
Burbank, California
LydiaAnzures BRONZE, Burbank, California
4 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Desiderius Erasmus

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#3194 College Guide
Live from New York!
By breannaeelizabeth BRONZE
North Waterboro, Maine
breannaeelizabeth BRONZE, North Waterboro, Maine
1 article 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" -Eleanor Roosevelt

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#3195 College Guide
“If you don’t step it up, you’ll get replaced in the relay.”
By Anonymous
#3196 College Guide
The Looking Glass MAG
By Anonymous
#3197 College Guide
Butterfly
By Anonymous
#3198 College Guide
Storytelling Origins
By thesplatterink BRONZE
Westfield, New Jersey
thesplatterink BRONZE, Westfield, New Jersey
1 article 11 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I know what I'm going to do tomorrow, and the next day, and the year after that!"
-- George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life

"[Love and Art] are both simply forms of imitation." - Lord Henry, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"A half-read book is a half-finished love affair." - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"Rosebud"

“Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'll be 'morrow? Only Sonmi the east an' the west an' the compass an' the atlas, yay, only the atlas o' clouds.” - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.” - Alain de Botton

“When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There’s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you’re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships.” - Tim Burton

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Richard Scofield
By danielloch BRONZE
Corinth, Texas
danielloch BRONZE, Corinth, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#3200 College Guide
Coping MAG
By Anonymous