"As a child, I was more afraid..." - Quote by Dave Barry
As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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“The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.”
“Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.”
“I read Warren Zevon's bizarre biography, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." His wife, Crystal Zevon, posthumously published a journal he wrote and some interviews with ex-band members. Like [Keith] Richards's book "Life," it's brutally honest.”
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“We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.”
“When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?”
“You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all.”