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LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
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LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
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DONNIE WILSON
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JOE SEARS
Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.
DAVE PELZER
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ANDRE BENJAMIN When I'd get out of school in the afternoon, I would go to the golf course, and I just picked th...
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DAVID NOEL
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SLOANE CROSLEY I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
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JASON MRAZ
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DANIELLE PANABAKER
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CHAD LINDBERG Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was...
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JAMI ATTENBERG
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BEN DAVIDSON
In high school, I dressed up as every James Bond girl. I was a teenage Pussy Galore.
WINONA RYDER
Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.
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CHARLES MINGUS
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LUOL DENG I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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DAVE ROBERTS It seemed like something that would be a win-win both for the high school boys and the elementary sc...
HARVEY FELDMAN I could be playing high school until I'm, like, 30 or something, at the rate I'm growing.
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KATIE PAGANELLI
It's not like I grew up playing pranks on people, and I was not that girl in school.
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JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN
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BILLY PITTMAN High school was the best. I had a lot of fun wrestling and running track in high school. That was ab...
TOM KEBLIN That (whizzer toss) is something I picked up. I'm trying to learn new things.
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ADAM DEREK SCOTT The next thing I know, it picked me up, my chair, with me on it, and threw me to the floor. I had a ...
EDNA BEECHRAFT
Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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