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December 2nd, 2011

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. — Dolly Parton

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• Ronald Bencks

  You have to go through the College of Hard Knocks in order to learn about life

• James Radloff

  Tears water the desert of my heart and make it bloom. For the depth of my suffering marks the depth of my capacity to love.