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title: "6 Troubled Kid Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I've had a pretty chequered past, you know, as a kid, as a troubled kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hunt/i-ve-had-a-pretty-chequered-past-you-know-as-a-kid-as-a-troubled-kid/)

[Mark Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-hunt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/mark-hunt-5394_kid_i-ve-had-a-pretty-chequered-past-you-kno_866847.jpg)

> [I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-taibbi/i-was-a-bit-of-a-troubled-kid-growing-up-let-s-put-it-that-way-i-didn/)

[Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-taibbi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/matt-taibbi-2257_growing_i-was-a-bit-of-a-troubled-kid-growing-up_1003989.jpg)

> [We're allowing every Eric Harris, every troubled kid out there, to become the next Tim McVeigh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-kaczynski/we-re-allowing-every-eric-harris-every-troubled-kid-out-there-to/)

[Theodore Kaczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-kaczynski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/theodore-kaczynski-15742_allowing_we-re-allowing-every-eric-harris-every-t_1190959.jpg)

> [Man, I was a troubled kid. I was going to get kicked out of a Christian school and got sent to military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-earnhardt-jr/man-i-was-a-troubled-kid-i-was-going-to-get-kicked-out-of-a-christian/)

[Dale Earnhardt Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-earnhardt-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/dale-earnhardt-jr-5911_direction_man-i-was-a-troubled-kid-i-was-going-to_2532191.png)

> [It is so much easier to try to help a six-month-old child or a six-year-old child than it is a 16-year-old troubled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-kristof/it-is-so-much-easier-to-try-to-help-a-six-month-old-child-or-a-six/)

[Nicholas Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-kristof/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/nicholas-kristof-6723_children_it-is-so-much-easier-to-try-to-help-a-si_2878874.jpg)

> [Am I a troubled kid? Yeah, you could say that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/am-i-a-troubled-kid-yeah-you-could-say-that/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/rick-riordan-27_childhood_am-i-a-troubled-kid-yeah-you-could-say-t_2991371.jpg)

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