Mike Vallely (Mike V) Quotes

I don't talk down to kids. Usually someone my age who's talking to a ten or twelve year old is yelling at them.

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• I don't talk down to kids. Usually someone my age who's talking to a ten or twelve year old is yelling at them.

  

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