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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
— Kin Hubbard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.— Kin Hubbard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":875,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2017\/03\/27\/quote-be-a-reluctant-enthusiast\/","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":0},"title":"Quote – Be a reluctant enthusiast","author":"Brian","date":"27 March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I like this quote by Edward Abbey about being a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. 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