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It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give it to them.
Lauren Myracle
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Lauren Myracle
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
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Brevard
North Carolina
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And they all have pretty chilrden, And the children go to school, And the children to go summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in bozes And they come out all the same. - Malvina Reynolds
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Is he a sophomore? Lydia says. Please tell me he's in our grade. I don't know, I say. But weren't you there when he came to the office? Peyton says. The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins.
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Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.
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Curse false-hand-holding boys!
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Three hot chicks for three hot chicks. THEY'RE NOT CHICKS! THEY'RE DUCKS!
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You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle!
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