Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak. - Larry McMurtry - Quotesmemo.com

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No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.

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Larry McMurtry

Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.

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I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.

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