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I always go backwards when I am backing up.


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But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?



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As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.



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This page presents the quote "I always go backwards when I am backing up.". Author of this quote is Charles Portis. This quote is about backing up, backwards,.