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" I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don't remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code. "
Tommy Lasorda
Boy
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" I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army. "
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