Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide…

Cormac McCarthy
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Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing. ✨ Hollywood's Favorite Cowboy by John Jurgensen, www.wsj.com. November 20, 2009.
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Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing. ✨ Hollywood's Favorite Cowboy by John Jurgensen, www.wsj.com. November 20, 2009.

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