Clifton Fadiman

My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.

American Writer

Russell Banks

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

American Author

John Stockton

You have a different personality in front of the world than you do in front of your pals at home. I like to keep them separate.

American Athlete

Ron Howard

My brother's a blast to direct; he's one of those great characters who brings so much to every scene he's in, and we're pals.

American Director

Teresa Medeiros

What time is it,' you ask? According to 16 of my dearest writing pals, it's always time for a wonderful romance!

American Novelist

Bette Davis

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

American Actress

Jack Nicholson

What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's all that counts.

American Actor

Bob Edwards

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

American Journalist

Ana Ortiz

I was really lucky. My gal pal was my mom.

James Anderson

English Athlete

Use 'pal' in casual, relaxed conversations with friends.

Informal Use

'Pal' is suitable for friends of any gender, unlike 'bro' or 'sis'.

Gender Neutral

'Pal' suggests a closer relationship than just an acquaintance.

Close Acquaintances

Use 'pal' as a verb to describe the process of becoming friends.

Making Friends

'Palling' suggests casual and informal ways of bonding.

Casual Bonding

'Pal up' often relates to shared activities or interests.

Friendly Activities

Use 'pal' to casually address someone without needing their name.

Casual Address

Calling someone 'pal' when upset can sometimes sound sarcastic.

Possible Annoyance

It can be friendly or confrontational to use 'pal' with strangers.

Addressing Strangers

 professor and historian a writer he was a contemporary you know of Darwin's they were sort of pen pals and this idea you know we act as though comfort and luxury where the chief requirements of life when all that we need to make its really happy is something to be enthusiastic about and so I think it's one of the themes that were going to you know we

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 with their friends than with their parents. This drive to hang with pals may be due to changes in the brain’s reward center, known as the ventral striatum. Its activation makes hanging out with others enjoyable and motivates you to spend more time with them. Neuroimaging studies show that this region is highly reactive

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 But this worker felt guilty for being more productive, and asked why, he said, "I know I'm doing wrong. I'm taking away the work of another man." In his mind, there was some fixed lump of work to be divided up between him and his pals, so that if he used this machine to do more, there'd be less left for his pals to do.

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 questions like, are you a dog person or a cat person? Do you like horror films or romance films? I'm not looking for a pen pal. I'm looking for a husband. Right? So there's a certain amount of superficiality in that data. So I said fine, I've got a new plan. I'm going to keep using these online dating sites,

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 Think about that. We are the island in the vast ocean that is our galaxy. I invite you to dream big with me. We could populate hundreds of planets, travel between worlds, make great new discoveries about our time and place in the universe. You will even have an interstellar Mars address and a pen pal

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 and this really translates into something that's really important for the females because the shell get really good quality offspring by inheriting the vigour that's displayed by her mate but it's also a staying pal we have higher levels of testosterone and male hormone he's more aggressive

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 prime of his life and at this point we've been pals for so long that we developed a unique relationship one that means lots of interaction playing tag and some playful wrestling I even get an occasional grizzly kiss all things that you would never think about doing under

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 we'll see him again tomorrow okay every day we're gonna be pals rupert will stay with mom while he fights his infection at his age being with her is the best possible place for him but there comes a time in every young animal's life when they have to break away from mum

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 now full of energized underdogs sipping coffee and writing code and, most importantly, bringing with them the next generation of human that didn’t see themselves leaving the packing house until they saw their pal make it work. And we can do this.

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 think so take a hike pal a parasitic wasp doesn't get much farther it gets double-teamed on his way to oblivion when the caterpillar calls for help help

Pal

A friend, or a person you spend a lot of time with.

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To become friends with someone.

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Used to refer to a person, especially a man, without being formal or serious.

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Informal Use

Gender Neutral

Close Acquaintances

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