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If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.
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"Pat, did they get you for the embezzling?" Harmony asked.
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I think its a sickness to grieve too much for those who never cared a fig for you.
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It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums.
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Listening to women ain't the fashion in this part of the country.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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Larry McMurtry
Born:
June 3, 1936
Died:
March 25, 2021
(aged 84)
Bio:
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas.
Known for:
Lonesome Dove (1985)
Dead Man's Walk (1995)
Horseman, Pass By (1961)
Comanche Moon (1997)
Duane's Depressed: A Novel (1999)
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