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"When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green."

"When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green."

Roald Dahl, British Novelist

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"I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls."

"I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls."

Richard Dean Anderson, American Actor

Boys, Girls, Now, Recreation

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"Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys."

"Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys."

Joe Lando, American Actor

Boys, Now, Parents, Talking

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"Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny."

"Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

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"The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it."

"The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it."

Ice T, American Musician

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"When Bound was released, Boys don't Cry wasn't out yet. Therefore it was very taboo to play a lesbian. I loved the part, because girls never get to play the typical guy parts."

"When Bound was released, Boys don't Cry wasn't out yet. Therefore it was very taboo to play a lesbian. I loved the part, because girls never get to play the typical guy parts."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

Boys, Girls, Lesbian, Play

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"Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!""

"Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!""

George Will, American Journalist

Boys, Parents, Will

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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."

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

John Thorn, American Historian

Boys, Heroes, Old, Ruin

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"If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys."

"If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

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"I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo."

"I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo."

Sally Rand, American Actress

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"When I worked on Altar Boys, they wanted to see us having fun. The four of us would have fun on set and steal each other's lines, and mess with the director."

"When I worked on Altar Boys, they wanted to see us having fun. The four of us would have fun on set and steal each other's lines, and mess with the director."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

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"When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it."

"When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it."

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

Boys, Night, Visit

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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."

"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."

Jim Thome, American Athlete

Boys, Favorite, Fun, Wrong

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"The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy."

"The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Boys, Enemy, Fire

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"I don't like boys. They're kind of annoying."

"I don't like boys. They're kind of annoying."

Michelle Wie, American Athlete

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"The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!"

"The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!"

Beau Bridges, American Actor

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"OK, boys; let's go make a withdrawal."

"OK, boys; let's go make a withdrawal."

John Dillinger, American Criminal

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"The boys are in such a mood that if someone introduced the Ten Commandments, they'd cut them down to seven."

"The boys are in such a mood that if someone introduced the Ten Commandments, they'd cut them down to seven."

Norris Cotton, American Politician

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"Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so."

"Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so."

James S. Coleman, American Sociologist

Boys, Girls, School

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"I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman."

"I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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"We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe."

"We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe."

Maximilian Schell, Swiss Actor

Boys, Europe, Forget, Hollywood

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"Steve produced Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys and one more. Then he and I wrote a few songs together and became good friends. He was a talented producer."

"Steve produced Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys and one more. Then he and I wrote a few songs together and became good friends. He was a talented producer."

Jimmy Griffin, American Musician

Boys, Friends, Girls, Songs

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"I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology."

"I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

Boys, Psychology, Wine

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"The costermongers' boys will, I am informed, cheat their employers, but they do not steal from them."

"The costermongers' boys will, I am informed, cheat their employers, but they do not steal from them."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

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"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it."

"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it."

Cal Hubbard, American Athlete

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"I truly don't know why the boys are getting all the votes - it could be because they are really amazing, and that's all there is to it. They're really, really good and every single boy deserves to be in the competition right now, and so do the two girls."

"I truly don't know why the boys are getting all the votes - it could be because they are really amazing, and that's all there is to it. They're really, really good and every single boy deserves to be in the competition right now, and so do the two girls."

Pia Toscano, American Musician

Boys, Competition, Girls, Now

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"Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand."

"Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand."

E. T. A. Hoffmann, German Critic

Boys, Play, Weapons

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"Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do."

"Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do."

Lisa Leslie, American Athlete

Boys, Desire, Girls, Want

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"She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on."

"She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on."

Earl Scruggs, American Musician

Boys, Lady, Now

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"We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world."

"We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world."

Christina Hoff Sommers, American Author

Boys, Energy, Right, World

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"When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them."

"When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them."

Jeffrey Eugenides, American Novelist

13

"Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle."

"Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle."

Thomas Beecham, English Composer

Boys, Composers

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"I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues."

"I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues."

Otis Rush, American Musician

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"Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts."

"Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

Boys, Day, Talk

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"When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys."

"When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Boys, Girls, Man

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