True Grit
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“Get crossways of me, LaBoeuf, and you will think a thousand brick has fell on you.”
Source: True Grit
Source: The Dog of the South
“I'm white and I don't dance, but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.”
Source: The Dog of the South
Source: True Grit
“You cannot carry water on both shoulders.”
Source: True Grit: A Novel
“Being a facetious person I got no credit for any depth of feeling.”
Source: Gringos
“Padlock the churches. Bludgeon the dogs. Gas the poets. They outlined the entire program for me”
Source: Masters of Atlantis
Source: True Grit
“When you get right down to it everything is not a cube. You can look around and see that.”
Source: Gringos
“I always go backwards when I am backing up.”
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“Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.”
Source: Norwood
Source: Escape Velocity
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Source: True Grit
“I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.”
Source: True Grit
Source: True Grit: A Novel
“There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.”
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“If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.”
Source: True Grit
“The wicked flee when none pursueth.”
Source: True Grit
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“Nothing I like to do pays well.”
Source: True Grit
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“Time just gets away from us.”
Source: Escape Velocity
Source: True Grit
“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”
Source: True Grit
“What have you done when you have bested a fool?”
Source: True Grit: A Novel
Source: The Dog of the South