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I guess I was actually sort of grateful that someone else was taking over my life. I mean, I'm obvio... JESSE ANDREWS
It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone ... ALICE HOFFMAN I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she...
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My thoughts were interrupted when I heard someone got slapped. By the sound alone, one could tell th... DREXEL DEAL The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me a...
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So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar... TORI AMOS Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.
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DEMINA ANDERSON I had to find different things to do with myself that first year. I had been playing basketball my e...
EDDIE SPENCER I am very grateful for the opportunities that being in high school administration gave me. But the n...
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I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to ... OLIVIA WILDE I never thought I’d ever leave Zerc. But after knowing Cricket, it occurred to me that I had no re...
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Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do? TERRY PRATCHETT Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior y...
MAIARA WALSH I didn't think about that until it was pointed out. But Abigail's Party is one of my favourite thing...
JULIA DAVIS I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter ...
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I actually didn't get to go to my prom. I left high school when I was 16 to join 'NSYNC. I f... LANCE BASS
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You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s ... 
Just always be waiting for me. 
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. 