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Larry McMurtry Quotes

Self-parody is the first portent of age Picture Quote #1

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends’ boyfriend - and he accepts it Picture Quote #1

Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated Picture Quote #1

Americans’ lack of passion for history is well known. History may not quite be bunk, as Henry Ford suggested, but there’s no denying that, as a people, we sustain a passionate concentration on the present and the future Picture Quote #1

Razzy was insulting me silently somehow Picture Quote #1

Death and worse happened on the plains Picture Quote #1

You can scare off a lot of cowboys just by looking mean, I guess Picture Quote #1

Pat, did they get you for the embezzling? Harmony asked Picture Quote #1

A man that ain’t willin’ to cheat for a poke don’t want it bad enough Picture Quote #1

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic Picture Quote #1

Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It’s not easy even to get a rural story made Picture Quote #1

One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider’s outsider Picture Quote #1

I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call Picture Quote #1

Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters Picture Quote #1

People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about Picture Quote #1

She had a beautiful face, a beautiful body, but also a distance in her such as he had never met a woman Picture Quote #1

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends’ boyfriends - and he accepts it Picture Quote #1

Through my college years, topping that ridge had always given me a great sense of being home, but time had diminished the emotion and I had begun to suspect that home was less a place than an empty page Picture Quote #1

One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider’s outsider Picture Quote #1

For the past several centuries the bonding power of the family dinner table has been one of the few constants, and now it’s binding no more. The potency of the media is now stronger than that of the family. The wonder is that families still exist at all, since the forces of modern life mainly all pull people away from a family centered way of life Picture Quote #1

You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two Picture Quote #1

I once owned a collection of 77 novels that won the Pulitzer. The only good novel of the bunch was The Grapes of Wrath Picture Quote #1

If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long Picture Quote #1

Nothing good ever comes without a price Picture Quote #1

They say money kinda melts when you take it across a border Picture Quote #1

... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are Picture Quote #1

Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at Picture Quote #1

Americans don’t want cowboys to be gay Picture Quote #1

Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves Picture Quote #1

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older Picture Quote #1

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Self-parody is the first portent of age (Larry McMurtry Quotes) True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends’ boyfriend - and he accepts it (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Americans’ lack of passion for history is well known. History may not quite be bunk, as Henry Ford suggested, but there’s no denying that, as a people, we sustain a passionate concentration on the present and the future. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Razzy was insulting me silently somehow (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Death and worse happened on the plains (Larry McMurtry Quotes) You can scare off a lot of cowboys just by looking mean, I guess (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Pat, did they get you for the embezzling? Harmony asked (Larry McMurtry Quotes) A man that ain’t willin’ to cheat for a poke don’t want it bad enough (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It’s not easy even to get a rural story made (Larry McMurtry Quotes) One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider’s outsider (Larry McMurtry Quotes) I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters (Larry McMurtry Quotes) People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about (Larry McMurtry Quotes) She had a beautiful face, a beautiful body, but also a distance in her such as he had never met a woman. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends’ boyfriends - and he accepts it. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Through my college years, topping that ridge had always given me a great sense of being home, but time had diminished the emotion and I had begun to suspect that home was less a place than an empty page. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider’s outsider. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) For the past several centuries the bonding power of the family dinner table has been one of the few constants, and now it’s binding no more. The potency of the media is now stronger than that of the family. The wonder is that families still exist at all, since the forces of modern life mainly all pull people away from a family centered way of life. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) I once owned a collection of 77 novels that won the Pulitzer. The only good novel of the bunch was The Grapes of Wrath. (Larry McMurtry Quotes) If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Nothing good ever comes without a price (Larry McMurtry Quotes) They say money kinda melts when you take it across a border (Larry McMurtry Quotes) ... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Americans don’t want cowboys to be gay (Larry McMurtry Quotes) Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves (Larry McMurtry Quotes) If you wait, all that happens is that you get older (Larry McMurtry Quotes)

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