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Carlo Collodi

"When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means."

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"When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means."

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"My favorite thing to do is still to go back to Peoria, go to my cabin and hunt with the boys. This is a great lifestyle, don't get me wrong. But fun for me is going back with my buddies I grew up with."

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"The heroes of our youth grow old - 'the boys of summer in their ruin,' in Dylan Thomas's verse - yet we seem the same."

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