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Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made.


Larry McMurtry

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LARRY MILLER Day baseball is now dead for all practical purposes. Sooner or later, the game will be played in its...
LARRY MACPHAIL I should contribute generously to the war chest of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. But, ...
LARRY MACPHAIL When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go ...
LARRY MACPHAIL The danger in a brood mare band is that your mares become antiquated, and you wake up some day and r...
LARRY MACPHAIL The only way you can obtain brood mares on a basis you can afford is to buy two or three yearling fi...
LARRY MACPHAIL It had been my idea that a combination of purebred cattle and horses could be successful from an eco...
LARRY MACPHAIL I decided that I wanted a farm back in 1940 when I was with the Dodgers. I tried to find one within ...
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