Larry McMurtry - Man Quotes

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True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends – and he accepts it.

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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.

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A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. —Augustus "Gus" McCrae

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If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

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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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Call saw that everyone was looking at him, the hands and cowboys and townspeople alike. The anger had drained out of him, leaving him feeling tired. He didn't remember the fight, particularly, but people were looking at him as if they were stunned. He felt he should make some explanation, though it seemed to him a simple situation. "I hate a man that talks rude," he said. "I won't tolerate it.

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A man that will go along with six killings is making his escape a little slow.

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