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I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen.
Cormac McCarthy
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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
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Charles McCarthy
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The freedom of birds is an insult to me.
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Do you think that your fathers are watching? That they weigh you in their ledgerbook? Against what? There is no book and your fathers are dead in the ground.
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The man watched him. Real life is pretty bad? What do you think? Well, I think we're still here. A lot of bad things have happened but we're still here. Yeah. You don't think that's so great. It's okay.
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Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.
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The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.
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You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.
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I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I'd have the same opinion about me that he does.
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This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it.
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