Keith Stanfield Quotes

I was kind of a weird kid in high school. I didn't have many friends in my age group because all they wanted to do was fight and have riots.

Keith Stanfield

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• I was kind of a weird kid in high school. I didn't have many friends in my age group because all they wanted to do was fight and have riots.

  

  Keith Stanfield
  • School
  • Friends
  • High