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By wonderpower BRONZE
Cos Cob, Connecticut

Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most influential speakers in all of American history. His "I Have a Dream" speech of 1963 was witnessed by around 250,000 people,...
wonderpower BRONZE, Cos Cob, Connecticut
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“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating... and then you finish off as an orgasm


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By BlairBoyd BRONZE
Mandeville, Louisiana
BlairBoyd BRONZE, Mandeville, Louisiana
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RonRon BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
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By alyash101 SILVER
Covington, Louisiana
alyash101 SILVER, Covington, Louisiana
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Anonymous4Anonymous GOLD, Florence, Alabama
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"I do not intend to tip-toe through life only to arrive safely at death!" -- Unknown

ChristineNicole BRONZE, Maplewood, Missouri
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catherinesaba BRONZE, Mansfield, Massachusetts
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Megann123 BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
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XXlike_a_bossXX BRONZE, Carson City, Nevada
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