I never seen anybody from Texas I couldn't shade. Get cross… - Charles Portis

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I never seen anybody from Texas I couldn't shade. Get cross-ways of me, LaBoeuf, and you will think a thousand of brick has fell on you. You will wisht you had been at the Alamo with Travis.

Charles Portis

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Charles Portis (December 28, 1933 – February 17, 2020) was an American author, most famous for the classic Western novel True Grit.

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I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I love nothing but money and the Presbyterian Church and that is why I never married.

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