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Females avoid conflict. They are afraid of violence. The males, on the other hand, are less averse to strife. But once conflict… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
I have four sons whom I love dearly. Suppose our lawn needed to be cut. I could say, "Boys, can you see… — George Sweeting Copy Share Image
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I love it when mothers get so mad they can't remember your name. "Come here, Roy, er, Rupert, er, Rutabaga... what is… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
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I wonder how boys feel when they're in love. Do they get butterflies? Do they have you on their mind 24/7? Do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first year was weird. I knew I was just there to talk to pitchers and not step on any toes. I… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings? Ah, who is this lady fine? The Vine, boys, the Vine! The… — Bryan Procter Copy Share Image
. . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Dombey and Son had often dealt in hides, but never in hearts. They left that fancy ware to boys and girls, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of the Mares… — James Harbord Copy Share Image
The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, as far as they… — Ridley Pearson Copy Share Image
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Back in the early 1960s, when I was eight or nine. Some neighborhood boys and I saw a disc-shaped, windowless object that… — Steven M. Greer Copy Share Image
Every parent worries for their child, but I do worry that he's all right, and happy and stable, and that I've done… — Heather Small Copy Share Image
My father and I were always on the most distant terms when I was a boy--a sort of armed neutrality, so to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
...But there's always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there's a good-looking boy lying… — John Green Copy Share Image
Mutt enjoyed traveling by car, but he was an unquiet passenger. He suffered from the delusion, common to dogs and small boys,… — Farley Mowat Copy Share Image
Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
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From earliest childhood the boy was accustomed to feel that, for him, life was double. Winter and summer, town and country, law… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
We've got a pretty close family. Just ended fourteen years of travel hockey with two boys. My daughter was always a part… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
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Something went klunk. Like a nickel dropping in a soda machine. One of those small insights that explains everything. This was puberty… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
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Many boys, probably most boys, have a first love before they fall in love with a woman. It begins the moment two… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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