"Mama read it an began pulling her hair……" — Winston Groom
"Mama read it an began pulling her hair an weepin an praisin the Lord, 'cause it say I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I am a numbnuts."
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Winston Groom
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16 Quotes by Winston Groom
Winston Groom has 16 quotes on this site.
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If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.
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Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far away.
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I cannot, in good conscience, allow money to be wasted on a failure.
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There are jus times when you can't let the right thing stand in yo way.
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Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.
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I still got dreams like anybody else, an ever so often, I am thinkin about how things might of been.
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So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain't…
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The weeks go by so slow I almost think time passin backwards.
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I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.
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Life is like a box of chocolates.
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Stupid is as stupid looks.
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I don't know if mama was right, that we each have a destiny, or if if was Lt Dan, that…
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