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Fortune Quote by Thomas McGuane

“It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.” quote by Thomas McGuane — Download Open image

“It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.”

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“That food was so bad I can't wait for it to become a turd and leave me.”

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It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

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By your late thirties the ground has begun to grow hard. It grows harder and harder until the day that it admits you.

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