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Great Quotes
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Theodore Roosevelt Greatness is not measured by the walls we build but by the bridges. DaShanne Stokes I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other…
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Preparations for departure
The weirdest thing about packing everything you own up and realizing that you could probably fit it in the back of a much smaller car than you’re actually going to have to; aside from feeling somewhat proud about being able to conveniently move everything from this stage of your life to the next is the…
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A Distraction of Crisis
The consequences of addiction are multifaceted, deeply personal, excessively (and exponentially) destructive, and some of the most harrowing experiences a human can face. To begin with, such consequences -the ones needed to really wake you up and get your attention- almost never have the decency to show up on your first time, choosing instead to…
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Out of The Blue
There was a crushing weight against my chest. I’d felt it for so long that I only just noticed it was dissipating finally. It was a dark place; to begin with, you had thought it brightened. You were aware even way back then that there was no time to worry about anything else. All your…
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My evil plot
I am running for President of the United States in 2024 & 2028.You and I will not agree on everything, but I am not afraid to tell you to your face why I did what I have done. -I would have stopped sending weapons to Israel until their tantrums calmed down; you can’t kill people…
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2nd presidential debate notes
Notes on the Debate:Impressive move with the handshake, a subtle not to his lack of respect, without calling out directly. Well played… let’s see how this goes…1. Not agreeing with something does not make it a lie2. it does not matter when a doctor or a patient decides to have a medical procedure; it’s not…
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On the subject of time
Hundreds of trillions of miles away from where we now hurtle through space at mind-blurring speeds, feeling alone and forsaken, some child may utter a terrible curse to the universe out of fear and spite; demanding an answer from something… Feeling responsible for answering a young AI* might look back through hundreds of years of…
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First Breaths
I was awake. Long before the sky lightened. I had laid there. And watched this sliver of light through a window of the room play against the wall and where, for most of them evening. The strongest light available was the street light. It was explained to me that it was respectful to people in…
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Chapter 3: The Essay
OK, so here’s what I remember about the essay: it was an extra credit assignment. It was given before a holiday. I did it, used it toward a merit badge, and then wore my uniform from the scouts to the photo shoot at the school where I received my reward for winning this—district-wide essay contest.…
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hospice
If corporations can give people that level of care and make a profit on people, they can afford to give all of you health care. Let’s stop pretending they aren’t using you to play the healthcare system. The fact they want to profit from it just shows their lack of humanity. Considering they are spending…
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what freedom means to me
When I was a child I wrote an essay about the topic. It won a contest in the local paper. I heard one of the adults say it was mandatory for a lot of the upper grades in the district. It was an extra credit for me that I used to get a merit badge…
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Welcome to my shop
The door would always appear out of nowhere. One minute a wall, the next a shoppe that had always been there. Like an antique shop sliding through space and probability as random as a dice roll. The dust on everything is only still as long as you can hold your breath, and the hold thing…
Enlightenment and Nachos 