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I was a typical American boy. I did a lot of outdoor activities, played a lot outside with my friends, loved to go the beach, liked to hike, boating and fishing, and I flew a lot of model airplanes as well.

— Alan G. Poindexter

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that's always been fun.

— Taylor Kinney

I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was an educator, so we had a very average upbringing, but that's helped me in my writing because I'm writing about ordinary things.

— Jeff Kinney

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic. Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

— Jim Lovell

Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child.

— Craig Ferguson

Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

— Jim Lovell

I was a bit of a wild boy - always swimming and exploring the mountains.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.

— Ellar Coltrane

I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

— Dirk Nowitzki

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

— Mario Andretti

✗Opposing Perspectives

I would say I'm pretty much the exact same as the stereotypical American kid. I mean I'm really lazy, I play a lot of video games, I like girls. I like, you know, the violence and action type thing.

— Callan McAuliffe