Mary Beth Patterson (Beth Ditto) Quotes

High school wasn't so bad though because, by then, I had worked out that there were far more nerdy kids and poor kids than there were rich, popular kids, so, at the very least, we had them outnumbered.

Mary Beth Patterson

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• High school wasn't so bad though because, by then, I had worked out that there were far more nerdy kids and poor kids than there were rich, popular kids, so, at the very least, we had them outnumbered.

  

  Mary Beth Patterson
  • School
  • Kids
  • Bad