I burn bright but am surrounded by shade, what am I?

Answer: A lamp.

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I can be any color you can imagine. You see me in everyday life. I have been around for many, many years, Look around, you can probably see some of me right now. What am I?
I can be anything I want to be, yet known to many as just one, but if things don't work out, I will be known by hardly anyone. What am I?
I can be half without getting thinner. I can shine with no fire. I can be hidden but never taken. I can stay dry while moving the ocean. What am I?
I can be new or old. I am of different types. I am of so many different types that every child can find one of me that they like. I contain links to countless worlds. All people like me, young or old. I can be used in someone's spare time. Although most parents ban me, I am usually the center of attention of any child. What am I?
I can be old or new, big or small, thick or thin. I contain information about all that is present in the entire world. I contain links to countless minds, worlds, adventures, universes, mysteries, and even mystical things. I am a place where things are out of the world and where imaginations are realities. People fill me with their thoughts, opinions, and life stories. Most children tend to think I'm boring, but there are only a few truly talented, out of this world, beautiful-minds who wait for me enthusiastically and when done with me, waits for my descendants. What am I?
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I?
I can damage objects by force, but I have no arms. I make sound only when I am amplified. I cannot be seen, only felt and heard. What am I?
I can fill a room with out being seen, for your eyes I do not need. I can be felt, but can never feel; can be heard, but can never hear. I have many thoughts, but never think. I say many things, but never speak. I can tell a story with no words. Through my waves I am heard. I am your life, your love and sad goodbye. I resound in your every laugh and cry. I mark time, and time marks me. The past, present and future, through me you'll see. What am I?
I can make you blush on contact. Turn you into a doll, and shapeshift your appearance. I am desired by all young women and clowns. What am I?
I can make you smile and frown. Make you laugh, and even make you cry. I can cause crashes, also you use me everyday. I can make you dance. Some use me to go to sleep. What am I?
I can only be said once, Or I will be given away. Once you get me, You don't keep me. I am a fun hand-me-down. What am I?
I can only live were there is light, But I die if the light shines on me. What am I?