"When I was a little kid we..." - Quote by Steven Wright
When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
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“I discovered [Joan of Arc] toward the age of ten or twelve, when I went to France. I don't remember where I read about her, but I recall that she immediately took on a definite importance for me. I wanted to sacrifice my life for my country. It seems like foolishness and yet...what happens when we're children is engraved forever on our lives.”
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